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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (495052)	7/14/2009 12:48:30 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574849

Congress Authorized CIA to Develop Secret Al Qaeda Plan, Former Official Says A secret CIA program to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives never came close to being operational, an official says. FOXNews.com Monday, July 13, 2009 Congress originally authorized the CIA to develop the secret counterterrorism program that is now drawing fierce criticism from House Democrats who say they were kept in the dark all along, a former senior intelligence official told FOX News on Monday. The program, which sources told FOX News was a plan to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives, also never came close to being operational, the intelligence official said. "This was not a program. It never began," the former official said. "The authority was given by Congress to develop this idea. ... There was no need to brief it. It wasn't a reality." Democrats want an investigation into the program, particularly following reports that former Vice President Dick Cheney was the one who ordered it kept secret. After CIA Director Leon Panetta told congressional lawmakers that he canceled the program, House Democrats also called on Panetta to retract his statement that the CIA does not mislead Congress. Panetta made that statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the CIA lied to Congress. The former intelligence official suggested House Democrats made the demand for the sake of providing Pelosi political cover. "If you notice, Director Panetta briefed both (the Senate and House) intelligence committees on the same day ... about the same issue. Did you hear anyone from the Senate intelligence committee say anything about it?" The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday that the CIA was developing the Al Qaeda program and had spent money for planning and possibly training, acting on a 2001 presidential pronouncement. The CIA also briefly examined the possibility of targeted assassinations of Al Qaeda leaders in 2001, the Journal reported, though it's not clear whether that was a part of the program Panetta stopped. Continue reading at The Wall Street Journal Click here for more FOXNews.com coverage on the CIA. FOX News' Bret Baier contributed to this report. foxnews.com

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (495052)	7/14/2009 1:04:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1574849

SD, > It's not hard to imagine a time when Barack Obama or another Democratic President decides he can't trust the Republicans in congress with sensitive information even though he's required by law to brief them on it. If you haven't noticed, Bush and Cheney did indeed brief the Democrats in Congress on "sensitive info" regarding the war on terrorism. That's why Pelosi is pretending she was "misled." It's the Democrats who are being hypocrites and who have no leg to stand on. That's why I'm unimpressed by the discovery of a "secret counterterrorism program" authorized by Cheney. Whoop-dee-doo. Go after Cheney and lock him up for as long as his heart allows. The Democrats have nothing to gain and everything to lose with this charade. Tenchusatsu