Former CIA Chief Slams Obama

A guy who ought to know the importance of the CIA documents just released by Obama thinks the release is a terrible mistake:

WASHINGTON -- Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says the Obama administration is endangering the country by releasing Justice Department memos that detail the CIA's interrogation techniques authorized by the Bush administration.

Hayden tells The Associated Press the release will give terrorists a precise guide for what to expect in a CIA interrogation if those methods are ever approved for use again.

The Obama administration outlawed the techniques but has a task force reviewing the military's interrogation methods to determine if they are sufficient for CIA use.

Hayden says he worries the revelations will also deter other governments from cooperating with the United States because it shows the U.S. "can't keep anything secret."

Charles Krauthammer made a couple of good points on Special Report. He said that number one, the release was Obama's way of showing his moral superiority to the wacky left, and number two, current and future White House and Justice Department lawyers will be overly cautious about what they write in their advisory memos for fear that one day it will be politically correct to make them public.

Nothing good can come of this.