White House Spokesperson Josh Earnest said that US President Barack Obama agrees with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) finding that the CIA officers involved in the “enhanced interrogation” should not be prosecuted.
“The president (Obama) has confidence both in this (US) justice system and in the way it was deployed in this particular situation (CIA officers investigation),” Earnest said Wednesday, when asked if Obama accepts DOJ conclusion that there are no prosecutable crimes committed by the CIA, RIA Novosti reported.
The US Department of Justice did their own investigation that concluded that no prosecutable crime had been committed by the CIA officers.
“There is a process in place that is administered by career professionals (DOJ prosecutors) that did what they were supposed to do. The president (Obama) believes firmly in their confidence and the system,” Earnest said.
On Tuesday, the US Senate Intelligence Committee released the so-called CIA “torture report,” a summary of the detailed investigation into the CIA Detention and Interrogation program that in some cases included torture practices.
