Bush: CIA Spooks Are ‘Patriots’

Prior to the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s “torture” report, Candy Crowley, host of CNN’s State of the Union, spoke with former president George W. Bush about the rumored revelations. He said:

Here’s what I’m going to say: that we’re fortunate to have men and women who work hard at the CIA serving on our behalf. These are patriots. And whatever the report says, if it diminishes their contributions to our country, it is way off base.

Added Bush:

I knew the directors. I knew the deputy directors. I knew a lot of the operators. These are good people, really good people, and we’re lucky as a nation to have them.