Obama said Monday that a court case was going to force the memos to be released and that much of what they contained had already been compromised through leaks to news media.The president urged the hundreds of CIA employees who gathered in a secure auditorium to ignore the recent controversy. "Don't be discouraged by what's happened the last few weeks," he said.
A round of cheers erupted when CIA Director Leon Panetta introduced Obama, who quickly reassured them that they had his backing.
"I know the last few days have been difficult," he said. "You need to know you've got my full support."
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"Don't be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we've made some mistakes," President Obama said at CIA headquarters. "That's how we learn."
”Potentially we’ve made some mistakes.” We tortured people. Some of them to death. So apparently, what we learned was that we might not be able to get away with that.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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