It was one of the high points of recent CIA history, and that’s saying a lot: CIA Director Mike Hayden ordered an investigation of CIA Inspector General John Helgerson. On top of ordering a scathing review of the CIA’s pre-9/11 counterterrorism performance, Helgerson — legally tasked with being an independent internal watchdog — stuck his nose into the agency’s detentions, interrogations and renditions programs, angering many inside the agency. Hayden struck back.
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