Congress was told about secret program
NY Times:
I see a pattern developing here. Democrats cry wolf and the people in the know say the Democrats are wrong. When it comes to national security it would not surprise me that Democrats were turning a deaf ear to what the intelligence agencies were reporting. Hayden says he personally briefed Congressional leaders and they supported the program. That to me seems a bigger story than the suggestion from some anonymous source that Cheney said not to tell Congress. I suspect that someone is pulling a political spoof on the Times to cover for Pelosi.
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.Someone tells the times that Cheney was behind the secret program, but was the information really withheld from Congress? Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says no.
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I see a pattern developing here. Democrats cry wolf and the people in the know say the Democrats are wrong. When it comes to national security it would not surprise me that Democrats were turning a deaf ear to what the intelligence agencies were reporting. Hayden says he personally briefed Congressional leaders and they supported the program. That to me seems a bigger story than the suggestion from some anonymous source that Cheney said not to tell Congress. I suspect that someone is pulling a political spoof on the Times to cover for Pelosi.
let's see:
ReplyDelete-more than one program involved
-WMD never existed
-Saddam,find a way(Bush 1/21/01)
-Torture memo from John Yoo
-Insert words into 1st CIA assement
-wire tap memo John Yoo
-Iraq war of choice ( 4/2003)
-Deficits don't matter(Cheney 8/04)
You believe the Times would publish lies after Judith Miller?
Did you read the IG report (7/10/09)
The real secret program was data mining credit cards and ISP email servers with no particular person in mind and no FISA.
Do some research--Bush authorised a multi faceted program. Telling congress about one side doesn't mean any thing else was discussed and Hayden can say "I told them" when he means "about part 1" but never "about part 2" Oh yea that...I forgot