Obama on the Bush Torture Memos

The White House: Has a statement by President Obama on his approval to release the Bush 43 Torture memos. The President states the following on what he sees as the end result of these releases, " In releasing these memos, it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice that they will not be subject to prosecution. The men and women of our intelligence community serve courageously on the front lines of a dangerous world. Their accomplishments are unsung and their names unknown, but because of their sacrifices, every single American is safer. We must protect their identities as vigilantly as they protect our security, and we must provide them with the confidence that they can do their jobs....This is a time for reflection, not retribution.....But at a time of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past. " In other words Obama is giving the left some read meat but its spin, the President is aware of the damage that was done the Intelligence Agencies in the 70s by Ford and Carter. Also the CIA gave Bush 43 a hard time, a stream of leaks, Obama does not need the CIA to leak against him. Thus Obama must hope that this paper junk will end the matter, the left might have other ideas. The Attorney General of the United States has stated the following on the release of the documents, " that intelligence community officials who acted reasonably and relied in good faith on authoritative legal advice from the Justice Department that their conduct was lawful, and conformed their conduct to that advice, would not face federal prosecutions for that conduct.....The Attorney General has informed the Central Intelligence Agency that the government would provide legal representation to any employee, at no cost to the employee, in any state or federal judicial or administrative proceeding brought against the employee based on such conduct and would take measures to respond to any proceeding initiated against the employee in any international or foreign tribunal, including appointing counsel to act on the employee’s behalf and asserting any available immunities and other defenses in the proceeding itself....To the extent permissible under federal law, the government will also indemnify any employee for any monetary judgment or penalty ultimately imposed against him for such conduct and will provide representation in congressional investigations. " Afghanistan and Pakistan what ever Liberals think or what Liberals in the West Wing want to see will need the CIA, thus Obama is has a dual track, pander to the left but given them nothing, also close down any Congressional Investigations. Lets see if works.