White House Threat Of Legal Actions Against CIA Officers Is To Be Investigated By A New Republican Congress

GOP Would Review Probe Into CIA Actions -- Washington Times

Terrorist interrogations issue said to cause morale problem.

If Republicans on Tuesday win the majority of seats in the House, that body's intelligence panel is likely to give fresh oversight of the Obama administration's prosecution review of the CIA's enhanced interrogation program.

Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the highest-ranking Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told The Washington Times last week that he would expect the next Republican chairman of the committee to hold hearings on how the threat of prosecutions has affected the CIA's morale.

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My Comment: Unfortunately, White House policies have already caused irreparable harm on CIA morale and its ability to do its job. The threat of litigation on policies and conduct that were approved by a previous Congress will (and has) created an environment in which most CIA officers are now focused on the White House and the Justice Department than on Osama Bin Laden and emerging threats.