The dems keep threatening to declare war on the CIA.
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House Democrat Joins Pelosi in Accusing CIA of Misleading, Lying to Congress
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
WASHINGTON -- A second Congressional Democrat is accusing the U.S. intelligence community of not telling the truth.
Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter Tuesday to the panel's top Republican, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., expressing concerns he has about the truthfulness America's spy apparatus.
In the letter, Reyes says he believes "this Committee has been misled, has not been provided full and complete notifications, and (in at least one case) was affirmatively lied to."
In the spring, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of lying to her about interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects. Republicans have had a field day with speaker's remarks and have demanded that she provide proof that the CIA failed to tell her the truth.
The House is poised Thursday to debate an intelligence authorization bill. In an interview with FOX News, Reyes says he was concerned that Republicans might try to corner Pelosi on the interrogation issue.
"We all know there have been a number of contentious issues that have been much publicized," said Reyes, who indicated he wrote the letter in an attempt to curb GOP efforts to target Pelosi.
"Let's leave for the moment the politics out of it," Reyes said. "Our national security is about the most serious thing we deal with here on Capitol Hill. And it shouldn't be politicized."
The House Republican leadership is signaling that it intends to make Pelosi and her allegations that the CIA misled her a key part of the intelligence legislation debate.
But Reyes conceded that his letter to quash GOP darts aimed at the speaker might be for naught.
"Obviously I can't control what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle might do. But that's their choice," Reyes said. "If they want to do that, I'll deal with that. But I certainly hope that's not what the plan is." |
