re: #12 lawhawk

“enormously unpopular (in the US) step” Enormously unpopular with who?

Well, for one, enormously unpopular with CIA officials. It’s pretty incredible that the Obama administration thinks it’s a good idea to retroactively prosecute CIA officials for simply doing their jobs to the best of their ability and knowledge. They couldn’t do any more damage to the morale of the CIA if they tried.