Comments on: Silvestre Reyes: CIA Lied to Congress

By: x174

x174 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:33:40 +0000

a man w/o class and w/o friends: reminds me of Rumskull.

another one of the oh so recent chirpy little birds

By: x174

x174 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:31:40 +0000

thanks for the PDF of the letter, MadDog:

the last paragraph sounds pretty back-peddling to me, though

By: MadDog

MadDog — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:41:09 +0000

The WaPo finally joins in:

Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Accuses the CIA of Lying

The chairman of the House intelligence committee has accused the CIA of lying to the committee in a classified matter, the second time in less than two months a top House Democrat has charged the spy agency of intentionally misleading Congress.

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), in a letter sent Tuesday to House leadership, said that CIA officials “affirmatively lied” to the intelligence committee when recently notifying the panel about a classified matter. Reyes wrote that this was just one of several recent instances in which the CIA has not fully informed the committee on other classified notifications…

And yes, the letter (1 page PDF) is finally public.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:34:09 +0000

I’m not sure of the specifics, but I think that Panetta has issued a nondenial denial, repeating tonight his statement that the CIA does not mislead congress.

By: AZ Matt

AZ Matt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:30:24 +0000

From a DKos post: Breaking: Panetta confirms that CIA briefers misled Congress

Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta has told lawmakers that CIA officials misled Congress “for a number of years” since 2001, according to a letter released Wednesday from six Democratic lawmakers.

The lawmakers say the CIA also withheld information about unspecified “significant actions.”

The letter didn’t identify when Mr. Panetta made the statements or to what they referred.

By: RevBev

RevBev — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:25:36 +0000

I love your comment….Sr. Bush, James Baker et al. are certainly not Cheney fans. The Iraq war recommendations went along way to condemn all that Cheney was conniving about, including all that contract/Halliburton money. A man without class and without friends.

By: DeanOR

DeanOR — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:25:01 +0000

The CIA lied!?! It’s a big part of their job description, but unfortunately they use their dissembling skills with Congress and the public, not just in their intelligence work. I think there are probably some good people there doing important work, but the big picture is that the agency has established itself as a nearly independent secret branch of government with little accountability to anyone.

By: Nell

Nell — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:56:24 +0000

If Sunni and Shia were Texan for buttered … and unbuttered side of [bread], I bet Reyes would get them right every time.

One of the top ten all-time Maryisms.

with honorable mention for

Monica & Kyle’s rise to prominence as the door hitting them in the butt on the way out coincidentally lifted their profiles

By: Leen

Leen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:29:10 +0000

thanks

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:02:55 +0000

Woooooooooooooooooot!!!!!!

off to snoopy dance ;-)))