The New Media Journal | Panetta Stand Up for Agency Over CIA Witch Hunt: "CIA Director Leon E. Panetta argued within the Obama administration that it should not reopen cases of suspected torture by CIA officers but lost the argument to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., former and current intelligence officials said Monday.
The officials, who asked not to be named because they were discussing internal deliberations, spoke as the administration released to the public a 2004 report by the spy agency's inspector general that detailed abuses and the top Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence accused Mr. Holder of violating a promise not to go after CIA employees for past actions.
Mr. Holder said in a statement that the Justice Department would 'not prosecute anyone who acted in good faith and within the scope of the legal guidance given by the [department's] Office of Legal Counsel regarding the interrogation of detainees.'"
However, in a memo to CIA employees Monday that was shared with the press, Mr. Panetta hinted at his disagreement with the administration's decisions, which some analysts and members of Congress have said could further demoralize the agency and chill future intelligence collection from terrorist suspects.
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