Dick Cheney and the CIA: Secret Bed-Buddies
The King of torture, the Sultan of Secrets, Dick Cheney, is suddenly silent. He's been as garrulous as a gaggle of geese since he left office, but he has yet to respond to a New York Times article that brings to light a secret counter-terrorism program-- so secret that he ordered the CIA to keep it secret from Congress. The program is still classified, which has also kept former-CIA Director George Tenet from commenting, but the program's existence came to light when Leon Panetta, the current Director, testified in late June before House intelligence committees. Leon Panetta stepped into the Pelosi-Waterboarding scandal when he denied that the CIA misleads members of Congress. He recently stood by that comment, saying that it was "not the policy of the CIA to mislead Congress." It may not be the policy, but his revelation proves that it does indeed occur. He also added: "It is vital to keep the Congress fully and currently informed." Panetta also testified that he ended the program when he first learned about it, which was on June 23.
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