Eshoo blasts Republicans on (secret) CIA program

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) on Friday scolded Republicans for mischaracterizing briefings about a classified CIA program and revealed new details about alleged attempts to keep it secret from Congress.

Eshoo, a senior member of the intelligence panel, disputed assertions by the panel’s ranking Republican, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) that the CIA was not obligated to inform Congress about a specific classified program because it was not fully up and running.

“That’s a total mischaracterization of what we were briefed,” said a clearly irritated Eshoo. “The entire committee was stunned ”

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“Someone told the CIA not to inform us,” she said.

When asked if that “someone” was in a position of higher authority then the CIA, Eshoo said “that would appear to be the case.”

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) would not say whether the program was operational or in a planning stage when Panetta found out about it. He said his committee is gathering CIA documents related to the program and will launch a formal investigation soon.

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/eshoo-blasts-republicans-on-cia-program-2009-07-10.html

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They're putting the pressures on Reyes. Now he's saying there will be a formal investigation soon.

I want to know what this was and who told the CIA not to tell Congress.

[Demeter]

1. Let The Sun Shine, Let the Sunshine In

and the Age of Aquarius will come of age at last.

[Soylent Brice]

2. i can dig that...

[Enthusiast]

3. One would think that

the CIA was a co-equal branch of government. Oh baby, they need to be slapped down and hard!

[rschop]

4. What exactly was this program?

So what was this program and why was it absolutely kept secret even from the congress?

Why did it start just after 9/11. Anyone care to speculate on this?

Notice you already have much information.

One the program started right after 9/11, and two it was kept completely secret from anyone in Congress, and three it was discontinued when CIA Director Leon Panetta, someone from the outside, found out about it.

[rschop]

5. What was this CIA program?

And forth we now have some new additional data, "it was not covert".

So what was this program and why was it absolutely kept secret even from the congress?