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When will these seven dems write a letter to Holder, asking him to investigate whether or not OBAMAS CIA DIRECTOR, PANETTA IS MISLEADING AND LYING TO CONGRESS? Bush admin kept us safe after the 9/11 attacks, but we must thank Pelosi for her role in helping him. By keeping her mouth shut on the waterboarding that she was briefed on, she helped Bush admin, our military and CIA keep us safe for many years.

[...] from seven House Democrats to Panetta made public Wednesday." But the letter "contained no details about what information the CIA officials allegedly concealed, or how they purportedly misled members of Congress." "President Obama threatened to [...]

[...] Director Leon Panetta apparently told members of Congress that the CIA misled them in the past and would not do it [...]

[...] and the CIA: Damage Control or Truth? 9 07 2009 The House Democrats are tangling again with the CIA. CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the agency concealed information and [...]

Anyone who believes that the CIA does not lie to Congress, then they are fools.

This is Standard Operating Procedures for the way the Bush Administration pressured the CIA and others to lie to Congress and Americans. This why Republicans CANNOT be trusted and should be driven from office by voting in Democrats in their place. It defies all reason why born again Christians, right-wingers, etc., still look up to these fools as Saints. I am a born again Christian and can't see any logic in anything the GOP does other than the fact that they are trying to create the United Theocratic States of America. God bless Obama and Biden now and in their second term. Together they have proven they have more wisdom and far superior judgement than all the collective attributes of every Republican in U.S. history combined. This is an empirical fact.

CIA spokesman George Little told the Washington Independent late Wednesday, said the claim that Panetta admitted his agency has misled Congress is “completely wrong.” He added, “Director Panetta stands by his May 15 statement.”

CNN, you left this part out. In fact, Panetta never testified to Congress that the CIA misled congress. He stated the exact opposite. The seven House Democrats got it wrong.

Maybe they should be focusing on the economy instead of something that happened in 2001.

Straight from Nancy Pelosi's playbook. What a joke, just like this administration. Do these IDIOTS in Congress actually believe we will fall for this?

So, Nancy Pelosi was telling the truth like we knew she was!

The CIA misled everyone under direct orders from Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld so they could find justification , where there was none, to attack Iraq. Iraq was a complete lie and our soldiers died pointlessly in a fraudulent war. Lying to Congress is an impeachable offense so why did the Republicans not act ethically and impeach Bush and Cheney when they learned they had been lied to, that these criminals had lied to the UN and had lied to the American people??? They tripped all over themselves to impeach Clinton about an affair. This was about invading a sovereign nation and murdering their innocent citizens and wasting the lives of thousands and thousands of our own troops. Republicans commit acts of sexual misconduct all the time. What a group of hateful hypocrites!!

PELOSI WAS RIGHT AND THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO HER FOR THEIR HATEFUL REMARKS AND NASTY TREATMENT OF HER. (Of course we know they won't because they have no integrity, character, or ethics)

Let's give them a Medal of Freedom! Or at least that's the practice Bush Jr. established when he gave the medal to George Tenet for criminal incompetence that led us war!

And this surprises anyone how?

Right now, eight House and Senate members are the ONLY members of Congress totally briefed on the workings of the CIA.
Now Congress wants to make it FORTY members?! Well, we know how much Congress can keep a secret, YEAAH RIIGHT!!!! Why not just call all the news outlets and tell the world what the CIA is planning. Then we wouldn't have to have all the press conferences from all those members of Congress. Can anybody NOT see how this would be a REALLY BAD IDEA?!

Of course it's not the policy of the CIA to "mislead" Congress, but they do it all the time. The CIA simply "omits" certain facts concerning ongoing operations. This is their way of finding "common ground" in a society with a constitutional, democratic form of government based on the concept of the "peoples' right to know". Respect for our democratic institutions must be constantly weighed against the fact that we live in a dangerous world. In the intelligence community, situations in the field change constantly and discretion is paramount. For this system to work, you must have moral people with a sense of duty to the truth and American ideals running the show, rather than political hacks looking to shelter the boss.

What ya got to say now repubs...still think the CIA can't lie?!?!?!?

wink wink....how convenient.

I don't believe it for a second. This dem led fiasco is about to blow up like......like..... the dollar!

CIA Misled the Congress.

Bush Lied to Americans about the WMDs of Iraq.

4300 US Troops have died due to all this.

When are we going to Jail all these Criminals??

So, the CIA has been misleading lawmakers and concealing information from Congress. Does this mean they didn't actually brief Pelosi, or didn't brief her to the extent of what they've been doing? It seems odd that Panetta sends the letter saying the CIA has been keeping people informed, then admits the agency isn't doing what he publicly claimed it did.

How much did pewlosi have to pay for this? Isn't it a crying shame when you cannot trust ANY public official?

The CIA, the Cocaine Import Agency, lie? No! Never! Ha! What a joke

Hey – the Congress is going to be busy fighting over Football rules. It doesn't have time for national security briefings.

Leave them alone and let the get their fun things done.

what a surprise

It may not be their policy or practice, but they do it just the same.

Maybe we need a new CIA director.

nancy pelosi should be impeached for decieving the public. cnn will not post this comment .

Seems like Pelosi may not have been as bad wrong as everybody said.

Wasn't it just a couple of months ago that republicans and their drone supporters were vilifying Congresswoman Pelosi concerning her statement that the CIA lied and misled her about harsh interrogation techniques?......Unfortunately for Pelosi, the damage was already done. This story that has broken will get little traction and not much play time, as those who made the accusations berating her will just walk away whistling in the wind.

Nice. Go ahead, mess with the CIA. Love how they are deflecting away from Pelosi and blaming everyone but themselves.

Now they are calling Panetta a liar and not even on congressional letterhead. Low of the low.

CIA is going to start ignoring Democrats...Obama better take note because they have all lost credibility. Zero.

Looks like Nacy Pelosi was right.....

Really? You dont have to be a rocket scientist to know this fact. Even Al Gore knew that the invasion was not worth it. But what is done is done. Let Armageddon begin!!!!!

"It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress..." but no one knows what actually happened.

If we demand truth, we need complete transparency. Period! Every meeting must be digitally video recorded for future use and for review!

Who needs all the congressional testimony bs & finger pointing crap?

How about that for pressure politics? I find it very convenient that this letter is released right before the House is to vote on an intelligence spending measure. It's another example of how the party in power is doing everything it can to discredit the previous administration, consolidate it's stranglehold on the country, ruin us common people, and laugh all the way to the bank.

Does anyone else find it odd that these Democratic Senators told Leon Panetta what he said or meant to say?

Let's see the spin on this one....

Sounds like Panetta is trying to back stab the folks at the CIA so to provide cover for Nancy Pelosi.

I am all for giving the CIA the room it needs to do its job

but if it is not listening to its employers (congress, the president, the supreme court) than fire the ones that are taking action into their own hands and bring in more honorable people

there is no room for this behavior from an agency that we need and trust so much

We need to declassify a whole lot of stuff. Our government has told us they are keeping secrets from potential enemies, but I think that many facts are classified to keep Americans from knowing what their government has been doing. I am not as afraid of foreign enemies as I am of government employees doing black bag work and circumventing Constitutional procedures.

Open up those files and let Ameridcans know what our nation has done. I suspect there are a great number of unsavory discoveries in the file cabinets of Washington, DC.

i'm guessing it's about the Intelligence in the CIA.

what is this? The set-up to let Pelosi off the hook?

What do you except? They were working for Bush.

Oh really??