Obama Defends Release of Interrogation Memos
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
U.S. President Barack Obama is defending his release of Justice Department memos written during the Bush administration which justified harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects. Critics say the move weakens the U.S. intelligence community and gives terror groups reasons to be less afraid of capture. But as Robert Raffaele reports, the president told CIA agents on Monday that America must always be "on the better side of history," and he vowed to protect their safety.
