http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24815.htmlA top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says that the charge leveled on Saturday that then Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the concealment of an eight-year covert spy program from Congress offered validation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
“It certainly confirms her characterization of the level of openness the intelligence community and the CIA have given to Congress,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told POLITICO Saturday evening.
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Lawmakers declined to offer any details about the covert program, citing the sensitivity of intelligence information. Intelligence officials told POLITICO that the program was "on-again, off-again over the years," and that it "never went fully operational."
Asked if Panetta's charge – which does not seem to directly relate to the question of what the CIA Pelosi about waterboarding – offered validation to the Speaker's complaint of being misled by the agency, Schakowsky responded: “Absolutely.”
Schakowsky, who chairs the House Intelligence Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee, would not confirm the accuracy of the New York Times report, but said that the New York Times report only reinforced the need for the launch of formal investigation into the CIA’s practices.
“What it does is really propel a prompt investigation,” Schakowsky said. “An explicit decision was made at the highest levels not to report this program.”
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