WHAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN CONGRESS AND THE CIA?

July 9, 2009

It's being reported that Leon Panetta, CIA Chief, has apparently confirmed in a "secret Intelligence briefing" that the agency routinely lied to Congress. This raises issues concerning how safe we can feel if the CIA is withholding information or misleading our elected officials.

Only a couple of months ago, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, claimed that the CIA had routinely provided misleading information to Congress. Following Pelosi's statement, Panetta denied the claim, but now it's being reported that he's confirming the deception.

Confused yet? It gets better, because today Panetta says that his "secret" briefing statements were misquoted or simply incorrect. Come on, do we really need these games? I thought we were all on the same team and we certainly don't need any more distractions!

What possibly could be their their reason for potentially putting all Americans at risk? The issue of not sharing information between law enforcement agencies was instrumental in allowing the terrorists to pull off their plot on 9/11. How many times do we have to suffer the insolence of groups that feel no responsibility to anyone but themselves? Who do they think they are, bankers?

It would be great if everyone would just do their job and leave petty disagreements out of the equation. But that ignores reality. In reality, it's all about insuring their survival in a very tenuous environment.