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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCIA director John Brennan lied to you and to the Senate. Fire him
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Trevor Timm
As reports emerged Thursday that an internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agencys inspector general found that the CIA improperly spied on US Senate staffers when researching the CIAs dark history of torture, it was hard to conclude anything but the obvious: John Brennan blatantly lied to the American public. Again.
The facts will come out, Brennan told NBC News in March after Senator Dianne Feinstein issued a blistering condemnation of the CIA on the Senate floor, accusing his agency of hacking into the computers used by her intelligence committees staffers. Let me assure you the CIA was in no way spying on [the committee] or the Senate, he said.
After the CIA inspector generals report completely contradicted Brennans statements, it now appears Brennan was forced to privately apologize to intelligence committee chairs in a tense meeting earlier this week. Other Senators on Thursday pushed for Brennan to publicly apologize and called for an independent investigation. Sen. Ron Wyden said it well:
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/31/cia-director-john-brennan-lied-senate
randys1
(16,286 posts)mike_c
(36,281 posts)Their lips are moving.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)pa28
(6,145 posts)Clearly these guys operate with complete impunity and disregard for the law. Who exactly is in charge here?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)It will be interesting to see where this goes. Brennan is apparently very trusted, personally, by President Obama.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)That would be the republican approach. They could try to get him indicted, or served for contempt of congress.
The other thing would be to cut the CIA budget 90% until he is gone.
However I suspect the CIA is blackmailing most of Congress AND the President. Over what, I don't know. But the amount of deference he and Clapper get suggests more than respect.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)And he had some of his own that came out. And he seemed like he wanted to get out, so he could start an outside political life.
All I can say is, If Obama truly is supporting this guy after all this, he is in far worse moral shape than I thought.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Time to get serious about the rogue intelligence agencies.
democrank
(11,092 posts)I almost can not believe what is happening to my country.
spanone
(135,816 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)and anyone else with a bit of a dragon's hoard.
I'm sure some notables got left out but you get the idea.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)democracy. Keeping America safe doesn't include spying on Senators or Americans.
The oversight would appear to be lax, the budgets bloated and the power too much. Reign them in before it's too late.
malaise
(268,885 posts)have handed in his resignation.
hatrack
(59,583 posts)We need to keep moving this country forward, to the brighter, more prosperous future that uncontrolled, unconstitutional and unaccountable wiretapping, surveillance and spying are building for us - and the children. Don't forget the children!
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Prosecution for perjury would be an excellent step
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)... and not the Edward Snowden treatment.