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That Evil CIA
Topic Started: May 13 2009, 04:03 AM (109 Views)
George K
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Ironically Ironical

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Democrats: CIA is out to get us

Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.

“I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] that people are going to try to shift some of the responsibility to others — that’s what I think,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and was briefed on interrogation techniques five times between 2006 and 2007.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said he finds it “interesting” that a document detailing congressional briefings was released just as “some of the groups that have been responsible for these interrogation techniques were taking the most criticism.”

Asked whether the CIA was seeking political cover by releasing the documents, Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said: “Sure it is.”

The CIA has long been on the receiving end of harsh rebukes from Congress — on intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq, on secret prisons abroad and on the harsh interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects. But with the release of records showing that it briefed members of Congress along the way, the CIA has effectively put lawmakers on the defensive.

Intelligence officials insist it wasn’t intentional and have not taken responsibility for publicly releasing the documents.

Asked for comment about the Democrats’ charges, CIA spokesman George Little said only that the CIA “understands the importance of a strong relationship with the Congress, which in our democracy, conducts oversight of secret intelligence activities.”

But another U.S. intelligence official went further, noting that the records of the congressional briefings were “prepared in response to a request from Congress.”
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What was that tagline that was thrown about regarding the Bush administration? Oh yeah ..'sunlight is the best disinfectant'. Well, here you go. Got your sunlight right here.
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QuirtEvans
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Mikhailoh
May 13 2009, 04:13 AM
What was that tagline that was thrown about regarding the Bush administration? Oh yeah ..'sunlight is the best disinfectant'. Well, here you go. Got your sunlight right here.
I agree, completely.

However, any idiot also knows that this is true:

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Asked whether the CIA was seeking political cover by releasing the documents, Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said: “Sure it is.”


The CIA, which has a rather well-deserved reputation for keeping the most insignificant crap top secret, suddenly believes in full disclosure? Color me skeptical.
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Heh.... Some years ago, I saw a Special Forces Colonel being interviewed by a reporter on CNN. I suspect the reporter was something of a greenhorn. Anyway, the Colonel answered every one of his questions and didn't tell him a damn thing. I laughed and laughed. It was friggin' textbook.... LOL
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QuirtEvans
May 13 2009, 05:58 AM
However, any idiot also knows that this is true:

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Asked whether the CIA was seeking political cover by releasing the documents, Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said: “Sure it is.”


The CIA, which has a rather well-deserved reputation for keeping the most insignificant crap top secret, suddenly believes in full disclosure? Color me skeptical.
And it could be something as simple as a reminder to play nice. When you point the finger you get three pointing back at you.
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Let's see -- the CIA comes under which branch of the Government -- oh, yeah, the executive. So the Dems want transparent government until it does not favor them? Got it.
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