The White House had hoped to avoid a polarizing dispute over the CIA's tactics in questioning terrorists. It's likely to be a prolonged distraction from healthcare and other domestic priorities.
Actually, it was the intent of the Obama administration to bring back to the interrogation dispute to call attention away from ObamaCare. It worked before so why not do it again?
The LA Times article is correct when they say it could be a problem for Obama.
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