Posted on 07/13/2009 2:56:22 PM PDT by tobyhill
Congress originally authorized the CIA to develop the secret counterterrorism program that is now drawing fierce criticism from House Democrats who say they were kept in the dark all along, a former senior intelligence official told FOX News on Monday.
The program, which sources told FOX News was a plan to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives, also never came close to being operational, the intelligence official said.
"This was not a program. It never began," the former official said. "The authority was given by Congress to develop this idea. ... There was no need to brief it. It wasn't a reality."
Democrats want an investigation into the program, particularly following reports that former Vice President Dick Cheney was the one who ordered it kept secret.
Another official told The Associated Press that while Congress was aware of the program, CIA Director Leon Panetta recently told lawmakers that according to notes he had been given Cheney directed the CIA not to tell Congress specifics of the secret program.
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I’m out of popcorn.
without some kind of cover story pre-checked with their demo handlers that this wasn't exactly what they had authorized . . .
They are scum.
No matter, they are only after a distraction Alinsky-style.
really.
But they were forced under Bush to do it!!!/s
Mr. President, we've overplayed the Bush/Cheney card...
I recall Pres. Bush telling the American people after the attacks that some actions would be publicly known and some would not. I don’t know why the dems are making such a fuss.
You’d think after about the 200 time the RATS would get tired of this, they kind of remind me of that little retarded kid who keeps running into the sliding glass door...
No problem...I’ll go get a burger...and then an ice cream. If that doesn’t work, Michelle can buy a cool sweater or cover her garden for winter.
Oh, come now. It's not that hard. They do it because they can, and they believe any attack, regardless of how inaccurate, is justified. It's their playbook.
ping
Once again, members of Congress approved a bill that they did not read in advance of the vote.
Lowlife, anti-American Leftist Nazis.
Did Panetta just out himself as the mole planted by Rahm and 0b0z0?
Now, thats funny.
I still say this is a campaign issue. People this incompetent have no business being on the public payroll.
The program, which sources told FOX News was a plan to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives, also never came close to being operational, the intelligence official said.
And that part irritates me.
Still, I think we've made our point again that Democrats can not be trusted with crayons, pointy objects, or operational secrets. If they know it, its on tomorrows front page. If they don't know it, they make it up and its on tomorrow's front page.
Thanks!!! With all that is going on as of late...........I need to start ordering it by the truck load. ;-)
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