Seven former CIA chiefs, including two who served under Bill Clinton, are telling Attorney Eric Holder to drop his witch hunt against the men and women keeping America safe.

Holder launched the probe earlier this year to distract from the failing Democratic policies of the White House and Congress, as well as the politically-disastrous comments Nancy Pelosi made regarding the CIA.

Allowing future investigations and prosecutions “will seriously damage the willingness of many other intelligence officers to take risks to protect the country,” the seven men write. “In our judgment such risk-taking is vital to success in the long and difficult fight against the terrorists who continue to threaten us.”

Moreover, they argue, “public disclosure about past intelligence operations can only help Al Qaeda elude US intelligence and plan future operations. Disclosures about CIA collection operations have and will continue to make it harder for intelligence officers to maintain the momentum of operations that have saved lives and helped protect America from further attacks.”

The seven former directors are Michael Hayden and Porter Goss, who served under President George W. Bush; George Tenet, who served under Bush and President Bill Clinton; John Deutch and R. James Woolsey, who served under Clinton; William Webster, who served under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan; and James R. Schlesinger, who served under President Richard Nixon…

The former directors who wrote the letter also argue that a “certain result of these reopened investigations is the serious damage done to our intelligence community’s ability to obtain the cooperation of foreign intelligence agencies,” which are “already greatly concerned about the United States’ inability to maintain any secrets.”

Of course, the Obama Administration has no problem making things easier for our enemies. From dropping the missile defense shield in Europe to closing Gitmo and granting rights reserved for Americans to murderous terrorists, the administration has been working hard to dismantle our national defense. The “investigation” by Holder is just par for the course.