CIA director John Brennan lied to you and to the Senate. Fire him

[n2doc]

by
Trevor Timm

As reports emerged Thursday that an internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general found that the CIA “improperly” spied on US Senate staffers when researching the CIA’s dark history of torture, it was hard to conclude anything but the obvious: John Brennan blatantly lied to the American public. Again.

“The facts will come out,” Brennan told NBC News in March after Senator Dianne Feinstein issued a blistering condemnation of the CIA on the Senate floor, accusing his agency of hacking into the computers used by her intelligence committee’s staffers. “Let me assure you the CIA was in no way spying on [the committee] or the Senate,” he said.

After the CIA inspector general’s report completely contradicted Brennan’s statements, it now appears Brennan was forced to privately apologize to intelligence committee chairs in a “tense” meeting earlier this week. Other Senators on Thursday pushed for Brennan to publicly apologize and called for an independent investigation. Sen. Ron Wyden said it well:

.@CIA broke into Senate computer files. Then tried to have Senate staff prosecuted. Absolutely unacceptable in a democracy.

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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/31/cia-director-john-brennan-lied-senate

[randys1]

1. Jesus christ, what is the point of anything anymore

[mike_c]

2. they lie reflexively....

Their lips are moving.

[arcane1]

3. Indict him n/t

[pa28]

4. His fellow liar James Clapper is still working so I'm sure Brennan will be fine.

Clearly these guys operate with complete impunity and disregard for the law. Who exactly is in charge here?

[TwilightGardener]

5. I think Sen. Udall is also calling for his resignation.

It will be interesting to see where this goes. Brennan is apparently very trusted, personally, by President Obama.

[n2doc]

9. Well, they could hold up all nominees until he is fired

That would be the republican approach. They could try to get him indicted, or served for contempt of congress.


The other thing would be to cut the CIA budget 90% until he is gone.


However I suspect the CIA is blackmailing most of Congress AND the President. Over what, I don't know. But the amount of deference he and Clapper get suggests more than respect.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Obama wasn't afraid to fire Petraeus, so that theory doesn't really hold up.

[n2doc]

11. I don't think Petraeus had all the secrets these guys do

And he had some of his own that came out. And he seemed like he wanted to get out, so he could start an outside political life.

All I can say is, If Obama truly is supporting this guy after all this, he is in far worse moral shape than I thought.

[grasswire]

6. comments over at The Guardian are must read.

Time to get serious about the rogue intelligence agencies.

[democrank]

7. K & R

I almost can not believe what is happening to my country.

[spanone]

8. so, who is running this country?

[840high]

16. Good question.

[TheKentuckian]

17. The spooks, the banks, big carbon, the insurance cartel, the MIC, big AG, the Chamber of Commerce,

and anyone else with a bit of a dragon's hoard.

I'm sure some notables got left out but you get the idea.

[neverforget]

12. The intelligence community needs to be reigned in. From the NSA to the CIA, they are a threat to

democracy. Keeping America safe doesn't include spying on Senators or Americans.

The oversight would appear to be lax, the budgets bloated and the power too much. Reign them in before it's too late.

[malaise]

13. In a world with ethics and integrity he would already

have handed in his resignation.

[hatrack]

14. Clearly, this is no time to play the blame game, or to look backward!

We need to keep moving this country forward, to the brighter, more prosperous future that uncontrolled, unconstitutional and unaccountable wiretapping, surveillance and spying are building for us - and the children. Don't forget the children!

[Doctor_J]

15. Are these hearings under oath?

Prosecution for perjury would be an excellent step

[BlueCheese]

18. I'm guessing he'll get the James Clapper treatment...

... and not the Edward Snowden treatment.

[WillyT]

19. K & R !!!

[spanone]

20. he must be fired. are they a rogue agency?