Panetta Says CIA Officials Have Misled Congress Since 2001
online.wsj.com — CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers that CIA officials have misled Congress "for a number of years" since 2001, according to a letter released from six Democratic lawmakers. The lawmakers say the CIA also withheld information about unspecified "significant actions." (Submitted by alapoet) More...
Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project
nytimes.com — The C.I.A. was said to have withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on orders from the former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. (Submitted by Branchex) More...
CIA admits waterboarding inmates
news.bbc.co.uk — The CIA has for the first time publicly admitted using the controversial method of "waterboarding" on terror suspects. CIA director Michael Hayden told Congress however that it had only been used on three people, and not at all for the past five years. (Submitted by cbd37) More...
Panetta: CIA has misled Congress repeatedly
cnn.com — CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the agency concealed information and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, according to a letter from seven House Democrats to Panetta made public Wednesday. (Submitted by jeffbw) More...
The CIA finally admits it lied to Congress
msnbc.msn.com — WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001, the chairman and other members of the House Intelligence Committee said in letters revealed Wednesday. (Submitted by RiperSnifle) More...
Cheney kept CIA program from Congress, No *****?
cnn.com — 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. (Submitted by inactive) More...
CIA Admits It Misled Congress in Past, Lawmakers Say
bloomberg.com — Six Democrats on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said the head of the CIA admitted the agency misled Congress since 2001 about “significant actions.” In a letter to CIA Director Leon Panetta, the six members said he had “recently” testified that “top CIA officials have concealed significant actions from all members of Congress”... (Submitted by Lazarst) More...
Secret Bush CIA Program Fuels CIA-Congress Dispute
washingtonpost.com — Four months after he was sworn in, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta learned of an intelligence program that had been hidden from Congress since 2001, a revelation that prompted him to immediately cancel the initiative and schedule a pair of closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. Bush administration instructed CIA not to brief Congress. (Submitted by buster1100) More...
Ex-CIA director says axed assassination program 'valuable'
rawstory.com — Former Director of the CIA Michael Hayden told a Washington, D.C. radio station Tuesday morning that the CIA’s assassination program was “valuable,” but did not rise to a level of importance for him to even brief members of the Bush administration, let alone Congress. (Submitted by GonzoMuckraker) More...
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