To torture or not to torture

by Jim Kouri

In response to news reports that the US Attorney General Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of CIA operatives torturing suspects, Congressman Trent Franks (R -AZ) today released a statement on the Obama Administration's reversal of his promise not to seek retribution against CIA officials.

"The Obama Administration's decision to look into the possibility of prosecuting CIA officials who helped interrogate captured terrorists can do nothing but harm the efforts of our intelligence community. From now on, those government employees who seek to protect the American people by extracting high-value, potentially life-saving information from active terrorists will have to wonder whether they will be subject to lawsuits filed by their very own Commander-in-Chief," said Rep. Franks. ....