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Democrats: CIA is out to get us
The Politico ^

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 — that’s 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 wasn’t intentional and have not taken responsibility for publicly releasing the documents.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Illinois; US: Michigan
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To: Sub-Driver

Payback is a female dog.


121 posted on 05/13/2009 11:35:13 AM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: Sub-Driver
Feinstein is mentioned.

I bet they have dirt on her and hubby.

122 posted on 05/13/2009 11:37:22 AM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: PhilDragoo; devolve; MeekOneGOP
How can anything survive
When these little minds tear you in two
What a town without pity can do

This is well applied to Pelosi. Now I hope the CIA tears her in two.


123 posted on 05/13/2009 11:38:05 AM PDT by potlatch
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To: potlatch

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Something is burning potlatch!


124 posted on 05/13/2009 2:42:49 PM PDT by devolve ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hey kids! Let*s elect a confessed cokehead! . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
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To: devolve

Lol, well whadda you know, I stopped another thread dead in its tracks!!

How do I do that?


125 posted on 05/13/2009 2:46:45 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: PhilDragoo

ROTFLOLOL!

That is SO funny!


126 posted on 05/13/2009 3:41:15 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: potlatch

Hahahahahahahaha!

I love it!


127 posted on 05/13/2009 3:41:48 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: dixiechick2000

It’s gotta ‘SMART’, don’t you think? snicker.

Thanks DC.


128 posted on 05/13/2009 3:46:37 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: potlatch

LOL! You betcha!

It looks like she’s wearing men’s briefs. ;o)


129 posted on 05/13/2009 4:02:01 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. ~~ Will Rogers)
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To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...
A picture

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

130 posted on 05/13/2009 5:38:59 PM PDT by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: Frantzie
It would be nice of the CIA leaked his Kenyan BC.

Not the source of their agitation. He backed off the photos, didn't he? Congress is the target.

131 posted on 05/14/2009 6:36:49 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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