Leon Panetta admits CIA mislead congress

Post #310,764 by jay 7/10/09 2:47:46 PM Reply	Leon Panetta admits CIA mislead congress http://latimesblogs....e-was-cheney.html Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee set off a political bombshell this week. In a leaked letter, they disclosed that CIA Director Leon Panetta -- four months after taking office -- learned that his agency had misled Congress about a special project. He canceled the program and scheduled closed-door meetings with the House and Senate Intelligence Committees the next day to brief them. Ever since, observers of the national security scene have been puzzling over the story. Aside from the disturbing -- but not particularly surprising news -- that someone at the CIA sat on this news for four months after getting a new boss, the question is: what classified program did Panetta close down? The big question being, what was the program? The general consensus is that if Panetta felt the need to kill the program and hold a special meeting to tell Congress as soon as he found out about it, it must be fairly unpleasant. But even that is uncertain, none of the leaks so far have given any indication what the program was. Jay
Post #310,769 by beepster 7/10/09 4:54:11 PM Reply	And the Pelosi camp is latching on to this so they can say "see, I told you they were lying"...even if they weren't. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #310,772 by boxley 7/10/09 7:09:06 PM Reply	its a black flag program like the old phoenix of yore, identify the bad guys and take them out, not necessarily in Iraq or Afghanistan. Thats why he shut it down after he found out about it, he is a bureaucrat, not a spook and having it happen on his watch without a presidential finding (which obama would never give because it would endorse shrub) he chickened out and shut it down thanx, bill
Post #310,824 by jay 7/12/09 11:47:27 AM Reply	Looks like it's Cheney's personal op http://www.cnn.com/2...llance/index.html The CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, a knowledgeable source confirmed to CNN. There have been rumors for some time that Cheney was running his own personal black operation. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If it turns out that Cheney was doing this without Bush's approval or even knowledge, it might lead to lawsuits. But given how spineless the Democrats in Congress are, I doubt it. More likely the whole thing will be swept under the rug. Jay

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