Ex-Chief Leads Vocal Defense Of Spy Agency.

The article discusses the defense of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (C.I.A.) use of torture in its interrogation of terrorist suspects as detailed by a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee report. Topics addressed include former C.I.A. directors Michael V. Hayden's and George J. Tenet's defense of the agency, as well as the report's critical evaluation of Hayden's role in the detention program.