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Leon Panetta kills spy program kept secret from Congress
The Politico ^
Posted on 07/10/2009 10:04:53 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Panetta kills secret spy program By: Alex Isenstadt July 10, 2009 11:56 AM EST
The ongoing tussle between Congress and the CIA deepened Friday as a congresswoman said that CIA Director Leon Panetta had killed an eight-year-long covert spy program that had operated without the knowledge of Congress.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told The Associated Press Friday that the program in question was "very, very serious," adding that it "certainly deserved a serious debate at the time and through the years."
Schakowksy, who serves as chairwoman of the Intelligence Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, also called for a full investigation into Panetta's actions.
"It is clear to me that the revelations Mr. Panetta provided create an imperative for an investigation to begin immediately by either the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee that I chair or the full committee," Schakowsky wrote in a letter today to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas).
But one U.S. intelligence official, speaking to POLITICO on the condition of anonymity Friday, said that Panetta briefed lawmakers within about a day of learning about the program as soon as he could bring members of the oversight committee together for a meeting.
This official characterized the program as "on-again, off-again over the years,"and said that it "never went fully operational."
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhocia; intelligence; panetta; schakowksy
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messy..........
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:07:08 AM PDT
by
Lurking in Kansas
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
To: Sub-Driver
Our entire government is out of control.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:08:53 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't believe anything anyone says about anything anymore.)
To: Sub-Driver
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:09:46 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: Sub-Driver
Anyone else beginning to wonder if Panetta was put at CIA more to gather intelligence on previous administrations than he was to gather intelligence on our enemies?
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:12:10 AM PDT
by
BlueNgold
(... Feed the tree!)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Capt’ Obvious sez: Secrecy helps spy programs work better.
Demonizing Panetta’s CIA
- Intel for a Saddam dupe, an impeached federal judge, and a socialist?
FrontPageMag.com | July 10, 2009 | Ben Johnson
Posted on 07/10/2009 7:58:24 AM PDT by FrontPageMag.com
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2289678/posts
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:15:34 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: BlueNgold
Anyone else beginning to wonder if Panetta was put at CIA more to gather intelligence on previous administrations than he was to gather intelligence on our enemies? Easier than stuffing secret papers in boots, pockets and pants...
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:16:56 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
( Obama Administration: Soft & Sweet with Enemies. Tough & Unfair with Friends.)
To: Sub-Driver
They had to discontinue this operation. The Democrats on the House Committee have probably leaked it to everyone. Rep. Alcee Hastings—convicted as a federal judge for taking bribes from the Florida mafia—may have sold whatever he knows to some foreign embassy. Politicians can't be trusted with state secrets. They will trade them away.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:19:13 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: BlueNgold
I don't know anything about the internal workings of the CIA, so this might be totally impossible to pull off -- but I would think a lot of people at the CIA are now trying to make sure that very little information filters through to the boss.
And that's always a recipe for success.[/s]
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07/10/2009 10:19:21 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I don't believe anything anyone says about anything anymore.)
To: Sub-Driver
The source here is not Panetta or CIA, but a Pelosi House ally. I'm reserving judgment until I see something from a credible source.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:21:22 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
To: Sub-Driver
Why would anyone in their right mind tell Congress about a secret Spy Operation?? So Pelosi could post details and Names in the Washington Post the next Day?
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:25:51 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Sub-Driver
***This official characterized the program as “on-again, off-again over the years,”and said that it “never went fully operational.”***
This is just more of the Rats trying to cover Pelosi’s ass. If it never went fully operational then it never went even operational so no notification was needed.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:27:34 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: Sub-Driver
If I remember correctly, the Carter Administration was the last administration hell bent on destroying the CIA. It’s probably just a coincidence.
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07/10/2009 10:28:25 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out?)
To: justlurking
To: Sub-Driver
This official characterized the program as "on-again, off-again over the years,"and said that it "never went fully operational. Sounds like they killed something that didn't really exist.
To: Cheetahcat
According to the Wall Street Journal it was after 9/11 that the agency had considered, then abandoned, a major covert antiterror program. This is what they are talking about.....
It never existed - it was canned. So why tell them about something that didn’t exist?
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07/10/2009 10:35:55 AM PDT
by
Sub-Driver
(Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
To: colorado tanker
“I’m reserving judgment until I see something from a credible source.”
There are no longer any credible or honest sources in D.C.
Not in the Administration, Cabinet Members, Congress, MSM...none.
To: Sub-Driver
Now we know why he was named CIA Chief. It was to find out dirt on the CIA to blame on Bush.
Why else would you put perhaps the a partisan political hit man around in that position?
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:54:29 AM PDT
by
Diggity
To: Sub-Driver
“According to the Wall Street Journal it was after 9/11 that the agency had considered, then abandoned, a major covert antiterror program. This is what they are talking about.....
It never existed - it was canned. So why tell them about something that didnt exist?”
I guess close enough is OK for the Rats! The CIA has always bothered these Fairies.
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posted on
07/10/2009 10:56:00 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Sub-Driver
Congress is unable to maintain confidence. To share info with them is the same as sharing with the enemy.
I doubt many members of Congress could pass a FBI background investigation.
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posted on
07/10/2009 11:16:38 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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