On the recordSeptember 30, 2003
The bottom line is the CIA has asked for it. This is a very sensitive matter. He is the head of the CIA, so I think it is a pretty good assumption that he asked for it. I think another assumption, that he realized this would ruffle a whole lot of feathers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, at the White House, in the administration, is true. But from what I am told by sources who know what went on there, the obligation to the men and women in the intelligence service transcended any feathers that might be ruffled. It is a pretty courageous act.
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