Gen. Hayden: Explosive Senate Torture Report Could Hurt Americans Abroad

‘The CIA workforce will feel as if it’s been tried and convicted ... second, this will be used by our enemies to motivate people to attack Americans’

SCHIEFFER: "What do you think the impact will be if in fact the report is made public this week?"

HAYDEN: "Multiple layers, Bob. First of all, the CIA work force will feel as if it has been tried and convicted in absentia since the Senate Democrats and their staff didn't talk to anyone actively involved in the program. Second, this will be used by our enemies to motivate people to attack Americans in American facilities overseas, and I am genuinely concerned by that, as was the secretary of state and the director of national intelligence. And then, finally, Bob, there are countries out there who have cooperated with us in the war on terror at some political risk who were relying on American discretion. I can't imagine anyone out there going forward in the future who would be willing to do anything with us that even smacks of political danger."

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