Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Opinion

Is Pelosi Right: Should Congress Investigate the CIA?

House Democrats are seeking an investigation into claims that the agency lied to Congress.

Posted July 13, 2009

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.

Clueless

This is why we must remove ALL of the existing politicians in office and elect only non-attorney, normal Americans to office. No more Harvard educated jerks who look down at all who aren't their so called equal, as your Hillary has made clear. Remove this illegitimate President in 2012 and maybe move forward. As for Pelosi, a liar...........!

pelosi/cia

Politicians have three agendas: getting reelected, pointing fingers at everyone except themselves and wasting the taxpayers money.

I'll take the CIA over that bunch of slimeballs any day.

What a joke

Can you stomach this bi#ch? She is nothing more than a aloof, drunken minded and sounding fool. The only need for investigation is Peloser herself and Obama's entire administration.

The Investigation that shoul dbe started is into Pelosi

How many times has she lied to the American people?

What the CIA is doing or has done has all been a effort to keep America safe. All Pelosi has done is try to keep HER power and divide this nation.

It is time to vote every incumbent out of office, no matter the party. Obama wants a "RESET" the voters should give it to him.

CIA and Secrecy

If the CIA was working on or planning to work on a "secret" program, the WORST thing they could do is divulge that information to ANY memeber of either the Senate or House Committees. How many times in the past have "secrets" been "leaked" to the news media and caused irreparable harm to the program? Secrecy is often times necessary and the fact that these politicians weren't told "everything" is okay with me.

How do you define irony?

A bunch of politicians crying about being lied to by a group of spies.

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