CNN Smerconish December 13, 2014 14:23:00
Mike. the agency is peculiarly, the organization of the president. we do what the president wants. whether it's droning under obama or doing enhanced interrogations under bush. if lawyers are going to write what somebody wants them to write, then even more they need to go back to school and learn a little bit of integrity. but the question is really, was it -- was it essential, a., and was it useful? when we were attacked in 9/11, the military had absolutely no plan to do anything in afghanistan against al qaeda. everything was ad lib. the agency was the only game in town. the president author...