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Home Front: Politix
Democrats: CIA is out to get us
2009-05-13
Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.

"I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] that people are going to try to shift some of the responsibility to others -- that's what I think," said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and was briefed on interrogation techniques five times between 2006 and 2007.
Now that the CIA helped get Bush out of the way for them, it's time for the Democrats to conduct their usual war on the CIA ...
I used to worry about how that war would affect our security, but given what they've both become, all I can say is ... Barb, have you doubled your popcorn order yet?
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said he finds it "interesting" that a document detailing congressional briefings was released just as "some of the groups that have been responsible for these interrogation techniques were taking the most criticism."

Asked whether the CIA was seeking political cover by releasing the documents, Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said: "Sure it is."

The CIA has long been on the receiving end of harsh rebukes from Dhimmicrats Congress -- on intelligence failures leading up to the war in Iraq, on secret prisons abroad and on the harsh interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects. But with the release of records showing that it briefed members of Congress along the way, the CIA has effectively put lawmakers on the defensive.

Intelligence officials insist it wasn't intentional and have not taken responsibility for publicly releasing the documents.

Asked for comment about the Democrats' charges, CIA spokesman George Little said only that the CIA "understands the importance of a strong relationship with the Congress, which in our democracy, conducts oversight of secret intelligence activities."

But another U.S. intelligence official went further, noting that the records of the congressional briefings were "prepared in response to a request from Congress."
Posted by:Fred

#15  Gee Whiz! You wonder why. Maybe they don't like it under the Lefty bus.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-05-13 23:51  

#14  the other big If is if the dems that get ousted are replaced by real conservatives vice rinos looking for popularity.
Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6   2009-05-13 15:45  

#13  That's a big if.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2009-05-13 13:22  

#12  Grom you missed it: this is about destroying the congressional leadership that got us The Zero. The "permanent" reps like Pelosi will get pushed out of the way and be a lot less powerful.

Obama will not be able to appoint congressmen - and in this environment, if the GOP manages to grow a brain, it can take back a lot of seats.

Anything that smacks the current Dems in power as liars and theives that they are, is good.
Posted by: OldSpook   2009-05-13 13:13  

#11  Let me add a sour note to your jubilations: do you really want the current Democratic leadership replaced by people selected by the One?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-05-13 12:51  

#10  Remeber the old days? When J. Edgar had the dirt on everybody and kept them all in line...
Posted by: tu3031   2009-05-13 12:45  

#9  by the looks at the tea parties a few weeks ago alot more than the CIA is out too get ya
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-05-13 12:40  

#8  In the world of "smoke and mirrors", all they know is perception. Truth, lies, reality, etc., etc., etc.,(the king & I) are almost considered as dirty words.
Posted by: Willy   2009-05-13 12:31  

#7  How much of an IQ does it take to understand the (1) CIA keeps up with where the bodies are buried, (that's their business and what you pay them to do);
(2) the weasels in Congress have buried a lot of bodies;
(3) the CIA will push back. (What else was Pelosi told by the CIA and to which she agreed?)
Posted by: whatadeal   2009-05-13 12:24  

#6  Give them time.

BTW, I don't know if anyone really remembers, but _I predicted this_, although not this particular situation.

I didn't think the bureaucracy was going to go back to being obedient little clerks of a new figurehead after eviscerating the old one.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2009-05-13 11:52  

#5  On the flip side, I am having a laugh over the Libs/Dems squealing about the truth being revealed to the point where they might be held accountable for their lies about CIA activities.

Schadenfreude.

Too bad the CIA isn't screwing them as hard as it went after Bush.
Posted by: OldSpook   2009-05-13 11:30  

#4  Now that those dicks in the CIA have thoroughly scre4d Bush, they are beginngin to bite back on the Democrats.

The CIA is rotten with political hacks and empire builders.

Demolish it. Parcel out the analysis and operations to the appropriate branches of the DIA, NSA, NRO, NGA, FBI, (and even State Dept and Commerce of Commerce on some places). Then build a new HUMINT gathering organization from the ground up, and a create a "clandestine direct action" agency as a separate agency under joint military and civilian control at the highest levels.

I've been calling for this for years. The CIA is fundamentally broken and nothing short of complete deconstruction will fix it.
Posted by: OldSpook   2009-05-13 11:28  

#3  For once I hope the Democrats can actually succeed at ripping out some of the rotten superstructure at the CIA. And hopefully several of the other hopelessly arrogant intelligence agencies as well.

They desperately need reform, and to have some limits and controls placed over them. For decades now they have been running almost without supervision, which most of all prevents them from doing their job.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-05-13 09:14  

#2  Go for it Klingons! I think some type of memorial would be appropriate when the donks are finally defeated. In keeping with the communist theme....something adjacent the Berlin Wall exhibit at main of course. A bronze of Pelosi, Reid? Other ideas......?
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-05-13 09:01  

#1  One Bimbo's "Political Cover" is another person's justice, DiFi. Better hope you're not involved...
Posted by: Bobby   2009-05-13 08:48  

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