RSSFeinstein blasts Cheney decision to conceal CIA program
From: The Washington Times | July 12, 2009
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Sunday decried the apparent role of former Vice President Dick Cheney in keeping a sensitive national security program hidden from Congress for eight years, saying, “It should never, ever happen again.” Mrs. Feinstein said CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers last month about the program, implemented in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, which he said was concealed under direct orders from Mr. Cheney. Mr. Panetta “indicated that he had canceled it,” she said. “We should have been briefed before the commencement of …
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