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September 20th,
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Obama: Justice
OK to Conduct Interrogation Review From the Associated Press September 20, 2009 Washington - President
Barack Obama says he has no plans to ask the Justice Department to end its
criminal investigation into the harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists
during the Bush administration. Seven former CIA directors
have asked the president to do just that. In a letter to Obama on Friday,
they warned that the probe could discourage CIA officers from doing the kind
of aggressive intelligence work needed to fight terrorism. Obama tells CBS' "Face
the Nation" that he appreciates that the former CIA chiefs are wanting
"to look after an institution that they helped to build." Obama says he wants to make
sure that he's not somehow overruling the decisions of prosecutors such as
Attorney General Eric Holder who are there to uphold the law. Copyright © 2009 The
Associated Press. External link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDfnu-e5FXNKHgkAo6km83Nyj2CwD9AR2EOO3 |