CIA probing allegations it improperly monitored Senate committee: reports

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

CIA probing allegations it improperly monitored Senate committee: reports

WASHINGTON Thu Mar 6, 2014 6:24am EST

(Reuters) - The CIA's internal watchdog has begun a probe of whether members of the agency secretly monitored a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation of Bush-era detention and interrogation policies, according to media reports on Wednesday.

McClatchy Newspapers and the New York Times, quoting individuals with knowledge of the investigation, said the CIA's inspector general launched the probe after members of Congress complained that agency officers had improperly accessed the work of Intelligence Committee staffers.

According to individuals cited in the reports, CIA employees went so far as to gain access to computer networks the committee was using in its work for a report on the interrogation program, which many have equated with torture, conducted during President George W. Bush's administration.

Two sources contacted by Reuters confirmed the probe by the CIA inspector general.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-security-usa-cia-senate-idUSBREA2504O20140306

[bemildred]

1. If I read the McClatchy story right, the CIA asked the justice dept. to investigate.

I.e., it is not an internal CIA investigation:

WASHINGTON — The CIA Inspector General’s Office has asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations of malfeasance at the spy agency in connection with a yet-to-be released Senate Intelligence Committee report into the CIA’s secret detention and interrogation program, McClatchy has learned.