What I object to, even in the case of the dashboard video cams, is doing it in public. It creates a negative perception to most all viewers and readers. As if the entire organization was corrupt. Ask yourself, how many times have you seen a video of a 'nice' police cam traffic stop or read about when CIA interrogators offered sympathy, compassion and rewards to detainees? People like this actually exist and in fact are in the majority.
The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out on and do the best he can (turn up the volume).
If you are short on time, at least read the last article, 'The Real CIA News' posted by the Wall Street Journal. It sums up the first two articles.
Investigating the CIA Helps Preserve National Security:
Predictably as always, the Republicans in Congress and in the conservative media are berating Attorney General Eric Holder for deciding to investigate the CIA's use of abusive interrogation methods on terror suspects.
The Obama administration's decision to release a previously classified 2004 CIA interrogation report and appoint a special prosecutor to look into possible misdeeds by personnel involved in questioning high-value terrorists is a huge mistake.
Whoever advised people to be skeptical of what they read in the papers must have had in mind this week's coverage of the documents about CIA interrogations. Decide for yourself.
- Larry (music by John Prine, the 'other' Bob Dylan).
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