Contrary to the advice of Top CIA officials, our President, in his infinite wisdom, released Top Secret CIA memos divulging methods used to extract information from terrorists. The CIA urged him not to declassify this information as it compromises the future success of our war on terror (Oops!  I meant "Overseas Contingencies").  

The President, however, in order to run a "transparent" administration, felt that this information needed to be made public. Funny thing: There are dozens of lawsuits seeking a court order to force him to make public his own birth certificate, but he has an entire team of high-powered attorneys working around the clock to keep THAT classified!

Top CIA officials are now telling us that the information gleaned from "enhanced interrogation techniques" prevented attacks on U.S. soil, specifically one in L.A. where they planned to crash a commercial jetliner into a building. "Enhanced interrogation" techniques also exposed, identified and closed down Al Qaeda training camps.

Torture, you say?  I don't care if it's torture; they DESERVE to be tortured. They BEHEADED Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl and tortured -- using methods much worse than our "enhanced interrogation techniques" -- countless INNOCENT others! They are ASKING for it when they are willing participants in terrorist organizations.  Our tortured innocents were not WILLING PARTICIPANTS in those activities.

Before my blood pressure goes off the chart, it seems the techniques worked.  But wait! What's that? He's BANNING the future use of those techniques?  It can't be. It's like I can't believe what I'm hearing and reading. The only explanation is that I must have lost touch with reality and now I'm just floating around in some hopelessly STUPID parallel universe, devoid of ANY common sense or even (uncommon) logic.

Releasing the documents against the advice of Senior CIA officials was colossally stupid, but banning the use of techniques that saved countless numbers of lives is inconceivable!  I've heard of spies infiltrating the military to gather intelligence, but I've never heard of a Commander-In-Chief who joined the military and then proceeded to completely eliminate intelligence.

Margarita Rose