What did CIA lie about?
Published: 10 July, 2009, 14:39
US Congress has once again accused the CIA of lying to lawmakers. This follows the statement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in May that the agency failed to inform her about the use of harsh interrogation techniques.
Seven Democrats from US Congress stated that the CIA wasn’t telling Congress the whole truth about its crucial program related to national security policy.
The House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes of Texas and six other members announced that CIA Director Leon Panetta had acknowledged that senior CIA officials have repeatedly misled lawmakers since 2001.
The legislators have not revealed exactly what program was being kept secret, given the sensitivity of the matter, so it is not known whether the case has to do with the occupation of Iraq, the US army’s actions in Afghanistan, or “harsh interrogation techniques”.
There is a suggestion that it is about the use of waterboarding on suspected terrorists, judging by the words of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Republican Peter Hoekstra criticized Reyes, calling the allegations “bizarre”. Republicans have also suggested that the announcement was timed to deflect a controversy involving Pelosi. Indeed, after her statement in May some media and her political rivals accused her of being aware of the use of torture but concealing the information.
Meanwhile, observers say Congress should have the authority to hold CIA officials accountable for deliberate deceptions.
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Pelosi is not telling the whole truth, either. Everybody in Congress is in major "CYA" mode. We're shocked! SHOCKED I tell you! that CONgress heard fibs from the CIA. Who would ever have thought that! _gasp_ Yeah, right. Almost everybody in Congress rolled over for the Bush administration, except for a few marginalized folks like McKinney, Paul, and Kucinich. Nobody wants to admit they were on the intelligence committees or saw memos that cried out for investigations. Nobody wants to admit they were cowed into accepting torture as "normal" and a surveillance society for "safety". Don't look at the man behind the curtain. It could be your Representative or Senator.
The CIA is a terrorist organization. They are directly responsible for the assassination of the United States' 35th President, John F Kennedy and for the murder of almost 3000 Americans in New York on September 11th, 2001. The CIA instigates and foments hostility in foreign countries, etc. The CIA...bottom line/...is nothing more than a terrorist organization and should be disbanded forever.