CIA chiefs to Obama: Cancel probe into interrogation methods »
Posted By VinayKAgarwal 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Seven former CIA chiefs on Friday urged the Obama administration to halt its investigation of the agency's interrogation methods, predicting the latest inquiry would only foster "an atmosphere of continuous jeopardy."
The retired agency heads — John Deutch, Porter Goss, Michael Hayden, James R. Schlesinger, George Tenet, William Webster and R. James Woolsey — also warned the investigation could hamper the government's intelligence-gathering abilities and deter other nations from working with the United States.
"Success in intelligence often depends on surprise and deception and on creating uncertainty in the mind of an enemy," the seven former CIA directors wrote in a letter to the president. "But, the administration must be mindful that public disclosure about past intelligence operations can only help al Qaeda elude U.S. intelligence and plan future operations."
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