Investigate the CIA

Townhall ^ | December 2, 2005 | Mona Charen

[Daralundy]

The Dec. 1 edition of The New York Times carried a story about the damage done to U.S. interests by the revelation that the CIA maintains a number of secret interrogation prisons for terrorists in Europe and elsewhere. ("Reports of Secret U.S. Prisons in Europe Draw Ire and Otherwise Red Faces.") Governments throughout the continent are now demanding explanations from the U.S. Department of State and otherwise strutting their outrage that the U.S. might be kidnapping suspected terrorists from European soil and transferring them to other nations.

How did this bit of classified information become public? It was a leak from within the CIA (to The Washington Post in that case) -- and a breathtaking one at that. Though the agency has been steadily leaking damaging stories about the Bush administration since 9/11, it has now crossed a new threshold with a leak that severely damages CIA activities and arguably harms national security -- all for the sake of crippling George W. Bush.

Most people outside the Beltway, as well as many within it, still think of the CIA as the home of swashbuckling hardliners who break all the rules in order to advance America's national interests. Not in this century. As attorney and former counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee Victoria Toensing put it, "Derring-do is dead." When she interviewed a CIA station chief in a major country, he bragged about the diversity of his operatives rather than their accomplishments. Political correctness reigns in the U.S. government at every level, and the CIA is no exception. The result is an agency that is conducting a steady leak campaign against President Bush designed to discredit the Iraq war and undermine the war on terror.

[GOPJ]

As attorney and former counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee Victoria Toensing put it, "Derring-do is dead." When she interviewed a CIA station chief in a major country, he bragged about the diversity of his operatives rather than their accomplishments. Political correctness reigns in the U.S. government at every level, and the CIA is no exception. The result is an agency that is conducting a steady leak campaign against President Bush designed to discredit the Iraq war and undermine the war on terror.

Clean house.Clean house. Clean house. Clean house.Clean house.Clean house.Clean house. Clean house.Clean house.

[GOPJ]

Back in the 70's and 80's most secret programs had two code names. One was used when talking to Congress, the other was the real code name. Guess which names made it into the press. Right, the ones given to Congress.

The CIA needs to do the same now -- if it's not them - we ( the people ) need to know... If it's Kennedy and pals, we need to know that too.

[cgk]

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[Intolerant in NJ]

Investigate the CIA...and while at it, find out how much the CIA had to do with the destruction of Nixon, who was trying to put some constraints on it - quite a bit, IMO.....

[MilleniumBug]

It looks pretty clear that the FBI was leading the charge against Nixon although some pouting spooks may have played a part. JFK is the one thought to have suffered more damage at the hands of the spooks. Irreparable damage.

[Intolerant in NJ]

JFK is the one thought to have suffered more damage at the hands of the spooks. Irreparable damage...my theory was always that the Florida mob did in JFK because he was trying to destroy them so that once he got rid of Castro he could turn the Havana casinos over to the Chicago mob (with a generous cut for himself) as payment for them having won the election for him in Illinois - theorizing is fun......