Watch Who You’re Calling a Liar (Panetta orders internal probe of secret spy program)

Newsweek ^ | 7-9-09 | Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff

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Panetta orders internal probe of secret spy program after some members of Congress say CIA misled them.

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CIA Director Leon Panetta has ordered an internal inquiry into the agency's handling of a contentious and still highly classified intelligence program that has caused a heated dispute between the CIA and Democrats on the House intelligence committee.

The move by Panetta appears to be an implicit acknowledgment by the agency that it should have disclosed information about the post-9/11 secret program to Congress much earlier than it did.

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CIA and congressional officials have refused to describe the nature of the covert program, but insisted it is not connected to the CIA's use of controversial "enhanced" interrogation techniques.

But the program's existence erupted into a major political dispute Wednesday night when seven Democrats on the House intelligence committee released a letter charging that the agency had "concealed significant actions" and "misled" members of Congress by failing to inform the oversight committees about the program until last month.

The Democrats demanded that Panetta "publicly correct" his statement of May 15 declaring that "it is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress."

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Typical leftists. Put their political careers ahead of national security.

[Munz]

>It sounds like they are trying to dismantle, discredit the CIA from the inside-out.<

yes it does sound like it. But the old timers aren’t about to let any administration dismantle them. If there is a covert war within the agency itself, i don’t expect paper pushers to win.

the more they push on the guys that are there in rank and file, the worse it will be when the retaliation happens i think.
The agency has been in existence for along time and produced more than a few very powerful people including presidents. (that had real birth certificates)

I doubt that the Kenyan can dismantle them.

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And thus sayeth the Oracle of Washington: Thou shalt not go to war with the CIA for they shalt smite thee in the midst of your gainsaying. They shall cast upon you a multitude of hurtful truths and sores. Thou, shouldest though deny this commandment because thou art a dumb-bass, shall rue greatly the day thou decided to go to war with the CIA. All who follow this course shouldest pack thine baggage for thou shalt surly leave thine exalted offices.

[SeattleBruce]

“He [Panetta] even has an institute based on this lie.”
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Nice - there's no end to the RATS shenanigans, is there? We must be eternally vigilant with these weasels..

[SeattleBruce]

To further their political ambitions, Democrats are willing to:

lose a war,
destroy an economy,
allow millions of people to die,
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Wow, what a legacy..

[SeattleBruce]

Adjusted ‘rules for radicals’?

[SeattleBruce]

“Wonder if either of these guys [Hosenball, Michael Isikoff] attended Obama’s BBQ last weekend?”
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Were they signed up for WaPoGate?

[Liberty Valance]

US secretary of state Colin Powell (right) with his deputy
Richard Armitage in Washington DC. (Reuters)

[SeattleBruce]

“Apparently, it’s a sin for a Republican to characterize things that happen during closed door intelligence committee meetings, but it’s refreshing when Democrats to the same thing.”
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Welcome to the wonderful world of double speak and hypocrisy..brought to you by your wonderful demonRAT party and associated press and starlets.

[SeattleBruce]

“All the ties to China, Russian Mafia, (Gore’s special niche via Armand Hammer,) and every leftist/marxist/islamic dictator on earth flows through the clinton library these days.”
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Again, wonderful legacies of the demonRATS.

[SeattleBruce]

“All the American Idol Sheeple will hear is “ the CIA lied to Congress”. News broke on a Thursday, rebuttle on Friday that no one will hear.”
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As Munz said recently, until we control the headlines, we won't have control...we need to retake the first 30 seconds of the news cycle from the traitorous media.

[GOPJ]

Isikoff was responsible for a lot of violence in Pakistan / Afghanistan riots, which broke out after his phony story on Gitmo guards flushing the Koran down a toilet. This scum should be defending himself in court instead of instigating attacks against our intelligence apparatus.

Corrupt Dems are emboldened by a press that ONLY covers DNC "leaks".

[Brad from Tennessee]

The House committee includes Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida. As a Carter-appointed federal judge Hastings was impeached, convicted and removed by the Senate for taking bribes from Florida mafia figures. Later he was elected to Congress from a district as morally corrupt as he is and ended up on the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Hastings will sell his soul for a dollar. Any conscientious agency would try to avoid giving Hastings any secrets.

[evad]

Step 7: Call Nancy and update her on how the spin is going.

Great analysis of the first 6 steps bye the way.

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Rules for Radicals #11 -

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Rule 11:

Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual.

Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

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Yeah ... he’s a beaut.

[TexasFreeper2009]

This is a loser for the dems whether they know it or not, no matter what Bush will come out looking like he was doing his best to save American lives, while libs are doing everything in their power to insure that we get attacked again.

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RED$

big buck$ selling out America

Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham

Diane Feinstein and Richard Blum

In 1994, President Clinton and the Democrat controlled Congress gave the PLA their greatest gun sales spree in America with a "loophole." Poly Tech officials crammed Chinese flag carrier (COSCO) ships bound for America with every weapon they could scrape from their massive inventory, selling them at inflated prices brought by Clinton's ban. In a single stroke of Clinton's pen, the PLA made over $100 million in wind-fall profits.

On February 6, 1996, Poly Technologies Chairman, Wang Jun, met with Ron Brown, and later that night, the Chinese arms dealer attended one of the infamous White House "coffee" sessions. Wang was invited to the coffee at the White House at the behest of convicted felon Charlie Trie. In 1998, Wang refused to be interviewed by House Investigators looking into the China-Gate scandal.

Poly Tech was founded in 1985 as a subsidiary of China's powerful central bank, CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Corporation). In 1996, the Chinese HQ of Poly Technologies was run by Wang Jun and his "princeling" friend, the powerful He Ping, son-in-law of Deng Xiaoping. Wang was not only Poly Tech CEO but also a Director of CITIC. Thus, the PLA "commercial" arms outlet Poly Tech also provided CITIC credit to customers.

The curious mix of communism, capitalism and corruption ended in August, 1996, when Poly Tech's U.S. operations were closed by a U.S. Customs sting operation.

Allegedly, Poly Tech's man in America, Robert Ma, conspired with China North Industries (NORINCO) representative, Richard Chen, to import 2,000 fully automatic AK-47s into the United States to Customs Agents posing as Miami drug smugglers.

However, according to the 100 page Federal indictment from one of the key undercover agents, Chen and Ma had to call back to PLA Headquarters in Beijing to obtain the 2,000 machine guns. According to the Custom agent's deposition, Chen and Ma had difficulty in getting the "barrels" because they required "higher- level permission".

Yet, Poly Technology Executive Director, Xie Datong, stated on the record that the machine gun transfer did not require permission from the Chinese General Staff. Xie Datong, also a corporate officer of Poly's American subsidiary PTK, claimed the weapons were transferred from stockpiles from the General Logistics Division of the PLA.

Whether Chinese Generals attempted to smuggle machine guns into America may never be answered. Ma and company fled the country. Gun runner Robert Ma, and all of the Chinese executives that served Poly Tech, escaped the grasp of the inept Janet Reno and Louis Freeh. Ma was reportedly one step ahead of FBI agents who had a warrant for his arrest.

Clearly, the Chinese Generals made a profit from illegal gun smuggling. President Jiang Zemin certainly has no incentive to return Robert Ma into the hands of U.S. justice, nor has Bill Clinton made any attempt to ask his "strategic" partners in Beijing.

However, the Poly Tech story goes deeper than just a few Chinese Generals and a princeling or two. According to another document obtained from the Commerce Dept., the 2,000 machine guns were to be transferred to the Long Beach port in California onboard the COSCO ship, the Princess Bride. However, "a leak from the State Dept alerted the company, which then canceled the delivery."

"COSCO," according to Defense Department intelligence officials "operates a fleet of ELINT (electronic intelligence) trawlers for the PRC government... When China delivers missiles or chemical agents to the Middle East, specially outfitted COSCO ships deliver them."

The close relationship between the PRC and the DNC also appears in the halls of the Senate. On March 7, 1997, Senator Feinstein (D-CA) told the press that she and five other lawmakers had been targeted by the Chinese government. In response, Feinstein returned $12,000 she had obtained from John Huang and other donors linked to the Lippo Group.

Senator Feinstein is well known as an ardent fan of the reds in Beijing. She has opposed a U.S. anti-missile defense, supported China's MFN status, supported the COSCO purchase of Long Beach port and is a well-known opponent of linking human rights with trade. However, Feinstein's financial ties to the communist Chinese and COSCO include her husband, Richard Blum.

Blum is reported to be heavily tied to the PRC through his far east investment firm, Newbridge Capitol Corp. Blum's partner at Newbridge, Peter Kwok, also served as a consultant to COSCO, and COSCO Hong Kong Holdings, a company owned by Chinese billionaire Li Ka-Shing. In 1989, Kwok helped CITIC and Li Ka- Shing raise $120 million to buy a HUGHES built communications satellite for a company also part owned by Chinese Generals.

Senator Feinstein is far closer to red China than a few business ties to her husband. The Los Angles Times reported in 1997 that Blum and Feinstein have visited with communist Chinese officials three times. Blum reportedly accompanied the Senator at his own expense and met with President Jiang Zemin and other top communist party officials. In January 1996, Feinstein and Blum were honored as the first foreigners to stay at Mao Tse-tung's former residence.

One Feinstein document that screams out for further investigation is a letter dated Nov. 1, 1994, from a million dollar Democratic donor to President Clinton. Investment banker and Democratic fund-raiser Sanford R. Robertson wrote a "thank you" note to Clinton for a Ron Brown trade mission to China.

[rbmillerjr]

This is all about Panetta stepping on Pelosi’s toes on interrogation.

Now Pelosi is sicking her Members on Panetta with under the table threats about running CIA into the ground.

Panetta, being a Leftist, knows the sincerity of the Leftist threats and is bucking up and giving Pelosi cover here....no matter they are different CIA issues, the Dems know the sheeple sleep and they will not know the difference.

[japaneseghost]

Post of the Day - brilliant!