The CIA Inspector General determined 5 years ago that no legal action should be taken against those intelligence professionals who carried out their responsibilities under the rubric of legal opinions offered by the Bush administration lawyers and career employees of the Justice Department.That same Justice Department also refused to prosecute the interrogators, believing a case could not be made that would result in convictions in an American court.So why is Attorney General Eric Holder going to prosecute the interrogators?Because in the coldly calculating political world of Washington where the president is in trouble with his own base over health care reform, it makes perfect sense to throw the troops some red meat in order to bring them back on the reservation.These carefully orchestrated leaks beginning Friday with news that Holder was considering naming a prosecutor, to the news Monday that he was indeed going to try and prosecute the interrogators, to the publication of part of...(Read Full Post)