President Obama spoke at C.I.A. headquarters as C.I.A. director Leon Panetta looked on. Jim Wilson/The New York TimesObama Defends Secret Memo Release To CIA Employees -- Yahoo News/AP
WASHINGTON – Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA's use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency's Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision and bolster the morale of its employees.
"I acted primarily because of the exceptional circumstances that surrounded these memos, particularly the fact that so much of the information was public," Obama said.
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