Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
New York Times
June 15, 2008
Pg. WK11
To the Editor:
Re “Interrogation for Profit” (editorial, June 12):
American law applies to all personnel — contractors and staff officers alike — who have served in the C.I.A.’s terrorist detention program.
The C.I.A., like other United States government agencies, employs contractors to acquire needed skills and expertise for set periods of time. You write that using contractors is “a symptom of the administration’s ducking accountability under international law.” The C.I.A. doesn’t use contractors to dodge accountability; to do so would ignore both the law and Congressional oversight of intelligence.
Among those you decry as “mercenaries” and “corporate thugs” are Americans who have died in the line of duty serving with the C.I.A. in places of conflict and combat. Such patriots deserve our respect, not your scorn.
Mark Mansfield, Director of Public Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency McLean, Va., June 13, 2008
Editor's Note: The editorial referred to appeared in the Current News Early Bird, June 12, 2008.
June 15, 2008
Pg. WK11
To the Editor:
Re “Interrogation for Profit” (editorial, June 12):
American law applies to all personnel — contractors and staff officers alike — who have served in the C.I.A.’s terrorist detention program.
The C.I.A., like other United States government agencies, employs contractors to acquire needed skills and expertise for set periods of time. You write that using contractors is “a symptom of the administration’s ducking accountability under international law.” The C.I.A. doesn’t use contractors to dodge accountability; to do so would ignore both the law and Congressional oversight of intelligence.
Among those you decry as “mercenaries” and “corporate thugs” are Americans who have died in the line of duty serving with the C.I.A. in places of conflict and combat. Such patriots deserve our respect, not your scorn.
Mark Mansfield, Director of Public Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency McLean, Va., June 13, 2008
Editor's Note: The editorial referred to appeared in the Current News Early Bird, June 12, 2008.