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Top Legislators Knew of Interrogations


US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, cover-up, dishonesty, CIA, torture, abuse )

Dee
- 227 days ago - washingtontimes.com
The CIA briefed top Democrats and Republicans on the congressional intelligence committees more than 30 times about enhanced interrogation techniques,
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Dee C. (512)
Thursday April 23, 2009, 1:03 pm
"Between 2002 and 2006, the top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees "each got complete, benchmark briefings on the program," said one of the intelligence sources who is familiar with the briefings.

"If Congress wanted to kill this program, all it had to do was withhold funding," said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the closed-door briefings. "
 

Chrissy N. (118)
Friday April 24, 2009, 1:38 am
Talk about turning a blind eye ....
 

Dee C. (512)
Friday April 24, 2009, 12:09 pm
See no evil..speak no evil..hear no evil..They are all to blame..
 

Gini Brown (2)
Friday April 24, 2009, 4:51 pm
Well, does this not just sound like Washington? Everyone knew about what was happening, they were briefed and signed on the dotted line. If anyone goes to court over this, it will have to be all of Washington. All of them are just as guilty of turning a blind eye.
 
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