Interrogation Memo Release Concerns Many

WASHINGTON -- The former head of the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush warned Friday that the release of documents detailing harsh interrogation methods holds major risks for U.S. security.

Bush's former CIA chief added that the release will have a chilling effect on officers assigned to conduct interrogations.

"Whenever you release material that secretly relates the way we conduct operations against terrorists you run two risks. One is that you're giving terrorists insights into things they need to prepare for, and they do prepare. And the second thing is you're sending a message to our allies that we're not reliable in terms of safeguarding confidential information," former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told FOX News.

Gen. Michael Hayden said the release of documents that outlined actions taken by CIA interrogators is the mark of political maneuvering and hurts the CIA's ability to conduct the job it is tasked with doing.

"It really gets into the head of CIA officers who are consistently asked to do things that are on the edge, lawful, but on the edge, in the defense of the republic. That's the unique role of the Central Intelligence Agency.

"We're asked to do things that no one is asked to do, no one else is allowed to do. And now I think what this has done is put this very powerful element of doubt in the minds of CIA officers when they will be asked to do difficult things -- that the legal opinions on which their actions are based are subject to political change and political wind," Hayden said.

President Obama on Thursday announced the end of the interrogation techniques, saying the era of using such tactics as slamming detainees against walls, waterboarding and keeping detainees naked and cold for long periods is over. - FOX News Story

What is the new policy of interrogation? What do we do if we capture someone whom is part of a group that we know are planning an attack? We know that they have information that we can use to stop it. Is the new Policy to hug them, offer them citizenship, what?