ORRIN HATCH: "ALL THE TIME"

The wingers have told us again and again that we've won in Iraq and Afghanistan and that we're winning the WOT. Today on CNN's State of the Union, GOP Senator Orrin Hatch let's us know that we aren't at all safer:

KING: Let's move on to other issues. Last week, although the president had said back in January he didn't want to look back, the attorney general decided to appoint a special -- an independent investigation to look into the Bush era CIA interrogations and the tactics, to see if anyone broke the law.

Senator Hatch, you were among eight Republicans who signed on to a letter to the attorney general saying that you were deeply concerned that this investigation could come.

And you said, "Such an investigation could have a number of serious consequences not just for the honorable members of the intelligence community, but also for the security of all Americans."

Does this decision put Americans more at risk?

HATCH: I sure think so. I'm the longest serving person on the Senate Intelligence Committee. I've been through an awful lot on that committee and I know one thing, they're making it so that people at the CIA are afraid to do anything, and we don't want that situation because when we get into another potential 9/11 and they're happening all the time, that's as much as I'm going to say about it.