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AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program
AP ^ | 11 July 2009 | Pamela Hess

Posted on 07/11/2009 6:01:50 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi

AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program By PAMELA HESS – 23 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

Subsequent CIA directors did not inform Congress because the intelligence-gathering effort had not developed to the point that they believed merited a congressional briefing, said a former intelligence official and another government official familiar with Panetta's June 24 briefing to the House and Senate Intelligence committees.

Panetta did not agree.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cheney; cia; classified
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Here comes the Cheyney Derangement Syndrome by AP, making this up and hoping it sticks.
1 posted on 07/11/2009 6:01:51 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi
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2 posted on 07/11/2009 6:03:08 PM PDT by jessduntno (NEVER say Cap and Trade Bill. It's the Electricity, Heating Oil and Gasoline Tax Bill....)
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3 posted on 07/11/2009 6:06:20 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (ABC-AP-MSNBC-All Obama, All the time.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Obviously he didn't or we wouldn't be hearing about it. When Cheney gives an order, EVERYBODY obeys.

Got that?

4 posted on 07/11/2009 6:08:15 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Smart man...If I remember correctly during the Bush administration...Democrats in Congress and at the CIA couldn’t keep their lousy mouths shut!! Leaks were all over the place and things tended to end up in the NY Times.....


5 posted on 07/11/2009 6:11:24 PM PDT by jakerobins ( NO)
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To: Erik Latranyi

So even Pelosi didnt hear this CIA briefing?


6 posted on 07/11/2009 6:17:35 PM PDT by keving (We get the government we vote for)
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To: keving

Apparently, someone was doing something right. In these trying times, I’ll take Dick “Darth Vader” Cheney any day.


7 posted on 07/11/2009 6:19:49 PM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: Erik Latranyi

..with a&&holes like leaky Leahy and the NYT it’s not bad policy


8 posted on 07/11/2009 6:21:09 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Erik Latranyi

Sounds to me like Panetta is stirring a tempest in a teapot.


9 posted on 07/11/2009 6:21:50 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Erik Latranyi

Sources inside the AP say that they are lying dirtbags that hope to take the focus off the disaster called Obomonomics.

Pray for America


10 posted on 07/11/2009 6:23:03 PM PDT by bray (Rope & Chains)
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11 posted on 07/11/2009 6:26:48 PM PDT by Bean Counter ( Shovel ready...)
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It is disturbing to see that the people now running things are so unserious as to play games with national security, not from an out of power position, but from an in power position.

This is not a good thing.

Remember, Pelosi wanted Alcee Hastings to head up the intelligence committee.


12 posted on 07/11/2009 6:33:04 PM PDT by Bahbah (Only dead fish go with the flow)
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What is a “nascent” program? Another poorly written news article said that the “program” never became “operational.” Another words, nothing happened. In other words, there was nothing to tell Congress about. It is just another opportunity for the disloyal scum that infest the modern Democratic Party to defame and undermine patriots who defend America. With the willful collaboration of an equally dishonest and disloyal MSM.


13 posted on 07/11/2009 6:38:29 PM PDT by Godwin1 (O)
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To: Erik Latranyi
The official characterized it as embryonic intelligence gathering effort, and only sporadically active. He said it was hoped to yield intelligence that would be used to conduct a secret mission or missions in another country — that is, a covert operation. But it never matured to that point.

In other words, it was a legitimate intelligence operation and legitimately "secret". Nor, since it never became operational was there ever any need to advise Congress.

Democrats and the MSM trying to create a scandal where there is none.

14 posted on 07/11/2009 6:45:05 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Erik Latranyi
The AP Handbook:

The then current Vice President ordering the CIA to keep secret a national security program—Very bad.

The current President ordering the media to keep secret their attendance at a picnic at the White House—Perfectly acceptable.

15 posted on 07/11/2009 6:55:46 PM PDT by Dahoser (The missus and I joined the NRA. Who says Obama can't inspire conservatives?)
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How convenient. The NYTs and other media , now get to SLIME
Cheyney without it being able to discuss what the mater
is about. Cheyney is now in a situation where he can
neither confirm nor deny.

The Dems are great at smearing and casting doubt on REPs
without dealing with true substance.

JJ61

16 posted on 07/11/2009 6:59:33 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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17 posted on 07/11/2009 7:09:44 PM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: Erik Latranyi


18 posted on 07/11/2009 7:10:06 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: Erik Latranyi

I’m sick and tired of Piñata!


19 posted on 07/11/2009 7:33:10 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Since when does the CIA report to the vice president?


20 posted on 07/11/2009 7:35:19 PM PDT by listenhillary (90% of our problems could be resolved with a government 10% of the size it is now.)
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