rssObey Tells Panetta He Found Another CIA Torture Briefing Error
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 11:33 am
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It’s not just former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who’ve alleged that the CIA’s list of briefings for congress on the “enhanced interrogations” regime is incorrect. Yesterday Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), chairman of the House appropriations committee, sent CIA Director Leon Panetta this just-released letter identifying a new error:
In light of current controversy about CIA briefing practices, I was surprised to learn that the agency erroneously listed an appropriations staffer as being in a key briefing on September 19, 2006, when in fact he was not. The list the agency released entitled “Member Briefings on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs)”, shows that House Appropriations Committee defense appropriations staffer Paul Juola was in that briefing on that date. In fact, Mr. Juola recollects that he walked members to the briefing room, met General Hayden and Mr.Walker, who were the briefers, and was told that he could not attend the briefing. We request that you immediately correct this record.
You can see the CIA’s briefing schedule if you click through this Wall Street Journal piece. I’ve asked CIA for a response and will update if and when I get one.
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Comment posted May 19, 2009 @ 9:40 am
The CIA lies for a living. They lied to Congress during Iran/Contra. They lie all the time. It's pretty pathetic, all this CYA self-righteousness by the Republicans on this issue. The Party of Torture is running scared.
And it should be no surprise that Bush appointed a director who couldn't organize well enough to get proper meeting notes. After all, under Bush the CIA let 911 happen and lied about their evidence wrt Iraq.
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Comment posted May 19, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
The CIA lies for a living. They lied to Congress during Iran/Contra. They lie all the time. It's pretty pathetic, all this CYA self-righteousness by the Republicans on this issue. The Party of Torture is running scared.
And it should be no surprise that Bush appointed a director who couldn't organize well enough to get proper meeting notes. After all, under Bush the CIA let 911 happen and lied about their evidence wrt Iraq.
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