Is Pelosi Right: Should Congress Investigate the CIA?
House Democrats are seeking an investigation into claims that the agency lied to Congress.
Reports Queenie Wong: "Democrats on the House Intelligence panel are calling for a full-scale investigation into allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency misled Congress multiple times over the past eight years." It seems that signs of a spy scandal are brewing all over the place. Others, mostly conservatives, however, see these charges as silly attempts to harm the nation's intelligence community. Writes Jennifer Rubin: "There was at one point a faint hope that with majority power would come greater maturity and more responsible behavior from liberals in Congress regarding matters of national security. That change for the better has yet to materialize." Should Congress investigate the Central Intelligence Agency? If so, in what way would the investigation harm the CIA? Would it vindicate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA lied to Congress? Post your thoughts.
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Reader Comments
The CIA Should Be Investigated As Should The FBI, NSA And The Rest Of Intel
The entire Intel community has been totally corrupted since its inception, founded by Nazi sympathizers and staffed with Nazi war criminals through the CIA's Project Paperclip Nazi smuggling operation which began in 1947 and ran through 1973.
The Intelligence community is committing terrible crimes under the cover of National Security and must be exposed and punished for them.
See my Website to learn more:
http://9-11themotherofallblackoperations.blogspot.com/
Also see John St. Clair Akwei's lawsuit against the NSA
The Mind Control Forums
Freedom From Covert Harrassment & Surveillance
all of which can be found on Google.
The CIA is NOT above the power of the people
It is amazing to me how many people don't understand and appreciate that the US has the best and most wonderful system of government in the whole world.
The very essence of our wonderful system of government is that the people--through its elected representatives--run the government. And at the end of the day, in our system, Congress has ultimate control.
No entrenched government bureaucracy and no dictatorial executive branch can trump Congress. The laws passed by Congress are the laws of the land. The President can veto a law, but Congress can orer-ride his veto. The Supreme Court can trump Congress... in the short run. But in the long run, Congress can impeach the Supreme Court--and so, at the end of the day, Congress can even trump the Supreme Court.
So, of course, Congress should investigate the CIA if it thinks that the CIA is attempting to not keep Congress informed or otherwise not following the law of the land. This is not only the perogative of Congress, but it is its sacred duty.
That's why we elected Congress.
No
If there is any investigation, Congress should investigate a way to provide oversight of the CIA without leaking secret information. This latest episode is a case in point. The CIA runs a secret program for eight years; then this spring Leon Panetta briefs Congress on the program and now it is all over the news. My distrust of Congress is well earned.
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