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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 04:31 PM
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Calls grow for probe of CIA plan for al-Qaida hits
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_go_ot/us_cia_concealment

By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer Pamela Hess, Associated Press Writer – 23 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Congressional demands for an investigation grew on Monday over new disclosures that a secret CIA program to capture or kill al-Qaida leaders was concealed from Congress for eight years, perhaps at the behest of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

The program, which never got off the ground and remains shrouded in mystery, was designed to target leaders of the terrorism network at close range, rather than with air strikes that risked civilian casualties, government officials with knowledge of the operation said Monday.
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-13-09 04:33 PM
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1. Never got off the ground? So that's why bin Laden is still alive.
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