Administration Is Debating Release of Interrogation Memos.

[elleng]

'The Obama administration is intensely debating whether and when to release documents from the Bush administration related to harsh interrogation methods used on prisoners belonging to Al Qaeda, according to administration and Congressional officials.

Some officials, including Gregory B. Craig, the White House counsel, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., have argued for disclosing the material as quickly as possible to distance the new administration from the most controversial policies of the Bush years. Mr. Holder and other top officials have condemned the most extreme of the past interrogation techniques, waterboarding, as illegal torture, and they see no reason to hide from public view what they consider the mistakes of their predecessors.

But some former and current Central Intelligence Agency officials say a rush to release classified material could expose intelligence methods and needlessly offend dedicated counterterrorism officers. Some administration and Congressional officials said John O. Brennan, a C.I.A. veteran who now serves as President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, has urged caution in disclosing interrogation documents.'


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/us/politics/01terror.html?th&emc=th

[Bluenorthwest]

1. I'm in Holder's corner on this one

And I'm glad to be. I was nervous about him, but so far he's been great, and on this he is the one wh carries wisdom, along with Greg Craig. The truth sets you free, covering up the truth simply never works in Washington DC. It just does not.

[Soylent Brice]

2. full exposure. NOW.

[pmorlan1]

3. Release the Memos Now!

Let's all help Obama beat back the spooks and their defenders in Congress by sending messages to the White House that we support Obama and Holder - Release the Memos NOW

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

[catnhatnh]

4. I wouldn't want to ....

..."needlessly offend" someone over a matter so small as national integrity and war crimes......