Posted on 07/10/2009 4:10:11 PM PDT by jessduntno
Democrats Call for Full Investigation of CIA Allegations
Some accuse the CIA of misleading Congress multiple times over the past 8 years
By Queenie Wong Posted July 10, 2009
Democrats on the House Intelligence panel are calling for a full-scale investigation into allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency misled Congress multiple times over the past eight years.
Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois said in a recent letter to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee that the CIA's actions were inexcusable and called for lawmakers to launch an immediate investigation into the agency's alleged deception.
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But some Republicans are accusing Democrats of using the matter as a diversion tactic to quiet controversy surrounding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi was criticized for not being forthcoming about when she received information on the agency's enhanced interrogation techniques.
She accused the CIA in May of misleading Congress in a 2002 briefing about the use of waterboarding against a terrorism suspect.
"I do not believe that the CIA lied to Congress," Minority Leader John Boehner told reporters on Thursday. "I'm still waiting for Speaker Pelosi to put up the facts or retract her statement and apologize."
The letters did not include any details about what information the CIA officials allegedly concealed or how they misled members of Congress.
In January 2007, Speaker Pelosi appointed Schakowsky to serve on the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Schakowsky opposed the Iraq war resolution and was a founding member of the Out-of-Iraq Caucus.
Maybe Valarie Plame and Mr. Plame can testify.
“Schakowsky opposed the Iraq war resolution and was a founding member of the Out-of-Iraq Caucus. “
Another Pelosi socialist.....my how strange!
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Another Pelosi socialist.....my how strange!
Pill-osi is her Mama...
jess - what do you think - will the CIA still be able to protect us when the dems are finished?
Uhhhh....duhhhhhhhhhh.............Panetta was a POLITICAL appointment, not a career CIA man.......
This is a huge smokescreen to save “Stretch” Pelosi.
She needs to go, along with every other Liberal Democrat in this nation, including ZerO.
Why are the democrats trying to take down the CIA?
Why now?
When are Americans going to stand up and say, “Enough is enough! We want a full investigation into the DemocRATS!”
Because Pelosi needs to save face. That's far more important than our country's security.
Start with “Leaky Leahey”, and the last 10 years out overt democrat treason.
I think that they jumped the shark with the Panetta appointment...why him? Why a man who has a minimal amount of experience with intelligence, except as a consumer? This is real bad...real bad...and it keeps getting deeper and deeper...New York Stock Exchange, Co-chairman of the Corporate Accountability and Listing Standards Committee
and Board of Directors since 1997 heading CIA? Huh?
I have the feeling this is bigger than Pelosi
Here we are at war with terror and the democrats are at war with the American people and all of our institutions and values. We weren’t at war for our lives when Frank Church tried to take down the CIA.
Hmmmm, let's see...The economy is in the tank, Zer0's falling like a rock in the polls, and the '10 elections are looking closer & closer by the minute.
Diversion.
You wait and see what the CIA does.
LLS
Fishing expedition designed to make an effort to excuse Pelosi’s lie.
...and somehow blame it on Bush.
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