Posted on 05/12/2009 4:20:49 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Democrats: CIA is out to get us By: Manu Raju May 12, 2009 06:28 PM EST
Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.
I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] that people are going to try to shift some of the responsibility to others thats what I think, said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and was briefed on interrogation techniques five times between 2006 and 2007.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said he finds it interesting that a document detailing congressional briefings was released just as some of the groups that have been responsible for these interrogation techniques were taking the most criticism.
Asked whether the CIA was seeking political cover by releasing the documents, Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said: Sure it is.
The CIA has long been on the receiving end of harsh rebukes from Congress on intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq, on secret prisons abroad and on the harsh interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects. But with the release of records showing that it briefed members of Congress along the way, the CIA has effectively put lawmakers on the defensive.
Intelligence officials insist it wasnt intentional and have not taken responsibility for publicly releasing the documents.
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Payback is a female dog.
I bet they have dirt on her and hubby.
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Something is burning potlatch!
Lol, well whadda you know, I stopped another thread dead in its tracks!!
How do I do that?
ROTFLOLOL!
That is SO funny!
Hahahahahahahaha!
I love it!
It’s gotta ‘SMART’, don’t you think? snicker.
Thanks DC.
LOL! You betcha!
It looks like she’s wearing men’s briefs. ;o)
Not the source of their agitation. He backed off the photos, didn't he? Congress is the target.
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