CIA hid program from Congress for 8 years
More outrage. Classic CIA. They're not so great at keeping secrets from U.S. enemies. But when it comes to hoodwinking Congress and sometimes the president, they're real pros. From Scott Shane of the NYT:
By SCOTT SHANE Published: July 9, 2009WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency is conducting an internal review of how it briefs Congress on secret programs, intelligence officials said on Thursday, as Democrats and Republicans traded barbs over an admission by the agency’s director that the C.I.A. failed for eight years to inform the Intelligence Committees of one unidentified program.
The nature of the program was the subject of speculation in Washington on Thursday but remained a mystery. Officials said it did not involve interrogation but declined to describe it further, saying the matter was highly sensitive and legitimately classified.
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"They're not so great at keeping secrets from U.S. enemies."
Unlike the Congress who until lately hasn't been very interested in looking for secrets.
And once this 'window" of retrospective is passed we'll be back to the SOP of head in the sand as regards looking into what the Obama admin is doing..
Want to make a date for 2017 (or2013) to look into this question again?
Posted by: MrRational | July 11, 2009 2:16 PM
Omg. You don’t suppose we’ll be reading about this article in the NY or LA Times, do you? It's crazy! Thanks for finding this little gem and sharing!
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