Only days after releasing four memos from the Bush Administration, confirming that CIA officials in fact engaged in interrogation processes that have been categorized by international law as torture. Both the President and AG Holder then released carefully-worded statements that said that they do not plan to prosecute those who took part in the acts outlined in the memos at the time (pre 2006.) After equally cryptic statements from Rahm Emanuel, the public is left to wonder what, if anything, the Administration hopes to achieve by making this information public.
According to Politico's Whiteboard, the President is scheduled to meet with CIA officials tomorrow afternoon. He'll then deliver remarks to CIA employees.
ONE TO WATCH: Amid the furor over the release of the torture memos, Obama heads to Langley for private meetings, and then delivers "a public message to the [CIA] workforce about the importance of CIA's mission to our national security."
The speech is scheduled for 3:30 pm ET. If the remarks are carried live, it could shed some light on Obama's strategy here. So far, he's left plenty of wiggle room for legal action, even with his deliberate non-committal (at least publicly) to lead any type of immediate legal investigation. So what will tomorrow's message be? Will he publicly dress down the behavior of years past? Will he heap praise on their "good" work in an attempt to "boost moral?" Will he suggest or announce CIA reform?
What will he say? Stay tuned.