Hands Off the CIA

We're seeing a kabuki dance of outrage, writes spy novelist Joseph Finder. We want the CIA to do our dirty work until we don't, and then we want them to take the fall.

Published Apr. 22 2009 1:41AM EDT

articles/2009/04/22/hands-off-the-cia/finder-future-of-cia-seal_23417_stvdse — Reuters

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They’re shocked, shocked to find that the torture’s going on. All those Democrats in Congress who now profess indignation over President Obama’s refusal to prosecute CIA officials for practicing “enhanced interrogation techniques” on al Qaeda prisoners: It would be the very definition of chutzpah if only it weren’t so laughable.

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Hands Off the CIA

We're seeing a kabuki dance of outrage, writes spy novelist Joseph Finder. We want the CIA to do our dirty work until we don't, and then we want them to take the fall.

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Joseph Finder