Seven Former Heads of the CIA Press for End to Abuse Inquiry
Seven former heads of the CIA have written to U.S. President Barack Obama to urge him to halt the inquiry in to abuse allegedly suffered by suspected terrorists whilst they were being detained by the agency.
The letter, which has yet to draw a response from the White House, was written in light of the decision last month by Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a prosecutor to investigate claims that officers of the Central Intelligence Agency and contractors working for the agency had used interrogation methods that had not been officially approved.
According to Radio New Zealand such methods included the use of a power drill and making death threats to detainees.
However the seven former CIA chiefs, the BBC confirms that they served both Republican and Democrat Presidents, who penned the letter to President Obama are concerned that the agency's effectiveness will be undermined by the inquiry.
Noting that lawyers from the time of the George W. Bush administration, who launched an investigation in to the alleged abuses, only prosecuted one case, the men who served as either Director of the CIA or Director of Central Intelligence, a position whose responsibilities included heading up the CIA, also questioned if other countries may be discouraged from sharing intelligence with the U.S. if they feared that the source of the intelligence would not be kept a secret.
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The letter, which has yet to draw a response from the White House, was written in light of the decision last month by Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a prosecutor to investigate claims that officers of the Central Intelligence Agency and contractors working for the agency had used interrogation methods that had not been officially approved.
According to Radio New Zealand such methods included the use of a power drill and making death threats to detainees.
However the seven former CIA chiefs, the BBC confirms that they served both Republican and Democrat Presidents, who penned the letter to President Obama are concerned that the agency's effectiveness will be undermined by the inquiry.
Noting that lawyers from the time of the George W. Bush administration, who launched an investigation in to the alleged abuses, only prosecuted one case, the men who served as either Director of the CIA or Director of Central Intelligence, a position whose responsibilities included heading up the CIA, also questioned if other countries may be discouraged from sharing intelligence with the U.S. if they feared that the source of the intelligence would not be kept a secret.