Will The Justice Department Now Help The CIA? -- A Commentary

CIA Turns to Justice Department for Help -- Commentary Magazine

Eli Lake and Sara Carter at the Washington Times have uncovered another development concerning the embattled CIA. This comes on the heels, of course, of the string of humiliations and intra-administration struggles lost by Leon Panetta’s agency (e.g., release of the enhanced interrogation memos, re-investigation of CIA operatives, loss of responsibility for high-value target interrogations). Chief among these has been the nonstop attacks from the Democrats in Congress, who have accused the CIA of “lying” to them.

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My Comment: I agree with the above skepticism. This Justice Department has become polarized to the extent that it makes the past Bush Justice Department neutral and compliant to the constitution to the extreme.

Secrets and people have been endangered by leaks, and legal actions against CIA officers (real or imagined) will have a detrimental impact on America's Intelligence Agencies.

The Justice Department may not be helpful now .... but there will be a day of reckoning one day, and if it is not through this administration, it will be through the next one.