Breaking: Hayden back pedals on CIA acts

[malaise]

Bipartisan anger over tapes. House and Senate committees were not informed.

Some DUers will now backtrack on their anger at Pelosi et al

CNN - Wolfie discussing now.

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[robinlynne]

1. not sure what you mean.

[malaise]

3. Contrary to the spin, neither the Senate nor the House Committees

was told about the destruction of tapes.

[madokie]

4. thanks for the honest voice

[TomInTib]

6. Not the Committees, but Pelosi was told.

But she was bound by oath and penalty of law from divulging that information.

[L. Coyote]

10. That's Thick like a Brick! But, hey I'll just say one more word. BULLSHIT!

[robinlynne]

29. no Coyote. It's not bullshit. They were briefed on the waterboarding, not about the tapes.

The op just has his information a little bit skewed. harman, Pelosi, Rockefeller, and of course the corresponding republicans from the intelligence committees were briefed about waterboarding way back when. that isn't new information.

[L. Coyote]

32. I can't spend the rest of my life correcting BULLSHIT. Believe what you wish.

[robinlynne]

9. but I dont think anyone ever said they knew about tape destruction.

What was said was that they knew about waterboarding. meaning rockefeller, pelosi, harman.

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Right. That's what I remember hearing. They have all said they were briefed on the torture issue....

but NOT given specifics about it (supposedly). All of them, repukes and Dems, have said no one briefed them about the destruction of the tapes.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I,for one, said a lot of mean things about Nancy.

And I'm not backing off until I see more information.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!@#$%^^&** The committees were never informed? BUT that's not what Pelsoi, Harman

and Rockefeller said. They admitted they were briefed....just not to the extent the WH was trying to make it seem.:crazy: I'm so confused! Why did they all say they had been briefed then?

on edit...I see your other post. This is about them not knowing the tapes were destroyed. I heard that the other day, so this is new news because Hayden is admitting the committees were never told they were destroyed? I hope I have that right?

[malaise]

15. I'm even more confused

Believe me.

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. Good. I'm glad I'm not alone.

:hi:

[robinlynne]

30. malaise you are confnusing several different things together. Noone was ever

briefed about tapes or tape destruciton. They WERE briefed about the waterboarding and they have admitted it. Harman already said so. Rockefeller said so. That is old information. It has nothing to do with the CIA tapes in the news right now.
2 separate subjects, both involving torture.

[aikoaiko]

7. But Hayden is such a cutie.

[aikoaiko]

33. Did no one like my joke or am I on all your ignore lists?

:(

[mikelgb]

8. Pelosi was briefed on waterboarding

no reports on the tapes

two related but separate issues

[robinlynne]

31. exactly.

[spanone]

12. the CIA is a civilian agency....take off the fucking uniform

[malaise]

13. I agree 100% n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Isn't that creepy? KO mentioned that to Turley last night and Turley said

he didn't know why Hayden insists on wearing his uniform because it certainly IS NOT required by the CIA. The man is STRANGE!:scared:

[spanone]

18. i think it's intentional to blur the lines between military & cia

[in_cog_ni_to]

23. I wonder how CIA employees feel about his little costume? n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

22. Gives new meaning to the word "spook". Total creep-a-zoid.

[TomInTib]

26. Really bizarre.

And somewhat unsettling.

If those vids and pics were in a grainy black-and-white, it would look like Germany, 1939.

I fear that we are staring right down the throat of a Police State.

But the boys in DC know that your average dumb-ass American goes all a-flutter about a man in uniform with a breast adorned with pieces of shiny metal.

[in_cog_ni_to]

28. Yep! That what I said to my husband last night when we saw him on KO.."Welcome to Martial Law

FOOLS!" It was there for all to see and no one cared.

[Ino]

34. Hayden wears the uniform so he can't be criticized...

Support the troops, yannow!

[HughMoran]

25. He's not confident enough to dress in civilian clothes

Says a lot - I think he's a Bushy.

[magellan]

16. So despite Harman's letter telling the CIA not to destroy the tapes

...and to inform Congress if such a step was being considered, they did it anyway and told no one.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. That's IT, in a nut shell. n/t

[magellan]

20. Now comes the fun part of figuring out who told them to do it

...and proving it...and then maybe doing something about it.

I doubt I'll live long enough to see satisfaction.

[malaise]

27. Bush and/or Cheney

Cheney and/or Bush. That came from the top.

[spanone]

19. i believe that's called obstruction of justice

[coalition_unwilling]

24. And, more ominously, conspiracy to obstruct justice (if more than

one person involved in decision tree).