More Secrets!

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How long will we allow this Administration to "reign" ?! :sarcasm:

White House kept "major program" secret from Congress

By Alan Elsner 25 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration was running several intelligence programs, including one major activity, that it kept secret from Congress until whistle-blowers told the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, the committee's chairman said on Sunday.


Rep. Pete Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said on Fox News Sunday he had written a four-page to
President George W. Bush in May warning him that the failure to disclose the intelligence activities to Congress may be a violation of the law.

In doing so, he confirmed a story that first ran in Sunday editions of the New York Times.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060709/pl_nm/security_intelligence_dc_1

[journalist3072]

1. And if I am not mistaking...according to the Congressional Research Serv.

The Administration can keep secret certain aspects of a program, but they cannot hide an entire program's existence, which is what they seem to be doing.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/19/crs-report/

[Buxtehude]

2. Could this be

the reason behind some recent resignations?

[journalist3072]

3. Wouldn't surprise me at all if it were....n/t

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4. What bothers me most

is that people seem to be numb to this kind of thing, as if they expect it.