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Machu505
07/11/09, 10:08 PM
Not to say "We told you so", but...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/11/cheney-told-cia-to-hide-p_n_230093.html
open mind
07/12/09, 03:14 AM
i'm sure he did it out of love for america.
loveisdead
07/12/09, 06:48 AM
Article from the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8146466.stm

This is absolutely insane.
thespearkid
07/12/09, 06:52 AM
hearing the things that are coming out about the past administration makes me really mad, to be honest. can't we arrest george bush?
jusscali
07/12/09, 06:57 AM
How is this guy not locked up yet?
loveisdead
07/12/09, 07:34 AM
How is this guy not locked up yet?
In all seriousness, he should be. I can't wait to see Hannity, Beck and the rest of the Fox News gang try and defend this. I cannot even begin to express how much reading this outraged me.
loveisdead
07/12/09, 07:36 AM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has claimed that the CIA misled her about interrogation methods including waterboarding, while other senior Democrats have quoted Mr Panetta as admitting that his agency regularly misled Congress before he took office.
Fuck all of these people.
Machu505
07/12/09, 11:53 AM
Dick Durbin is not (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/12/cheneys-possible-cia-prog_n_230164.html) pleased.
My Broken Fever
07/12/09, 01:16 PM
Also in the news today: Ice is cold, fire is hot and breaking bones hurts.
The Pharmacist
07/12/09, 02:58 PM
don't forget that we already knew Dick was a dick
billyboatkid
07/12/09, 03:02 PM
Cock and balls, just a bunch of cock and balls
saysmydoctor
07/12/09, 04:33 PM
This along with Panetta admitting that the CIA lied is pretty much sweet fucking redemption for Pelosi.

Also, fuck you Boehner for trying to make an issue out of this and then backtracking when it comes out she would have been vindicated. I don't like her, but you are simply disgusting.
Praetor
07/12/09, 04:46 PM
What a dick.
loveisdead
07/16/09, 05:57 PM
So this just isn't an issue anymore. What complete horseshit.
PunkyPoo
07/19/09, 11:13 AM
This along with Panetta admitting that the CIA lied is pretty much sweet fucking redemption for Pelosi.

You know, you're completely mixing two different issues.

1 - Pelosi lied about not being informed on techniques that were used by our military to obtain information from prisoners. Whether you agree with the use of the techniques or not ( I don't personally ) Pelosi lied about not being informed about them.

2 - Cheney allegedly told CIA not to inform Congress about the development of a program that had never been used. Let me make this real simple. CIA has DOZENS and DOZENS of programs that they've never told Congress about. You know why? Because they don't have to tell Congress about the development of every program. Especially those that are non-operational.

These are two completely different issues.

And here's my question for you: If you worked for the CIA, would you trust Congress to keep their mouths shut about new programs? The day that members of Congress (both sides of the aisle) learn to keep their mouths shut, it will be the first.