CIA Probe Reignites a Partisan Battle Over Spy Agency's Activities

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Republicans are accusing Democrats of waging "war" on America's spies.

The declaration follows Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to investigate CIA interrogators for possible abuses against high-level terror detainees and House Democratic leaders' charge that the CIA misled them on Bush-era anti-terror policies.

Now Republicans are coming to the defense of the spy agency.

"They've kept us safe for eight years," said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. "And now to have an attorney general of the United States opening up a criminal investigation against them -- it's disgraceful and I think it's going to have a demoralizing effect on the CIA."

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