WASHINGTON — Democrats are accusing senior CIA officials of repeatedly misleading Congress, but Republicans say the allegations are just political maneuvering to protect House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The accusations come as lawmakers prepare to debate intelligence legislation — a bill President Barack Obama has threatened to veto.
Letters by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and other members of the panel say CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers repeatedly since 2001.
Exactly what actions Panetta disclosed to the House Intelligence Committee on June 24 is unclear, but committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said the CIA outright lied in one case.
"These notifications have led me to conclude that this committee has been misled, has not been provided full and complete notifications, and (in at least one case) was affirmatively lied to," Reyes wrote to Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the committee's senior Republican. A copy of his letter was obtained by The Associated Press.
Reyes said in the letter that he is considering opening a full investigation.
Hoekstra on Thursday called Reyes' letter "one of the most bizarre episodes in politics that I've seen in my time here in Washington."
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Guess Speaker Pelosi was right.
ReplyDeleteThen why didn't she say that when it first came out seems to me they had to get there story straight before they brought Pelosi back out. Clearly she's a liar.
ReplyDeleteThe CIA misleading us, no way, whats next??
ReplyDeletePoliticins trying to save thir butts. Also protecting Pelosi so their favorit bills will be allowed in the house by Pelosi.
ReplyDeleteTIME to GET ALL OF THEM OUT OF
OFFICE AT NEXT ELECTION.