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WASHINGTON An internal investigation by the C.I.A. has found that its officers penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee in preparing its damning report on the C.I.A.s detention and interrogation program.
The report by the agencys inspector general also found that C.I.A. officers read the emails of the Senate investigators and sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department based on false information, according to a summary of findings made public on Thursday. One official with knowledge of the reports conclusions said the investigation also discovered that the officers created a false online identity to gain access on more than one occasion to computers used by the committee staff.
The inspector generals account of how the C.I.A. secretly monitored a congressional committee charged with supervising its activities touched off angry criticism from members of the Senate and amounted to vindication for Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committees Democratic chairwoman, who excoriated the C.I.A. in March when the agencys monitoring of committee investigators became public.
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Adam Goldman @adamgoldmanwp · Jul 31
Here is the unclassified @cia summary of IG report into computer spying http://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/07/31/National-Security/Graphics/Cleaned2014-07-30%20Unclass%20Summary%20of%20RDI%20ROI%2031%20Jul%2014.pdf
Let's talk a little more about why the CIA was 'spying' on the Senate Intelligence Committee
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....and MORE TO COME.
Damn.
How can this go unpunished, with just an apology?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)The White House publicly defended Mr. Brennan on Thursday, saying he had taken responsible steps to address the behavior of C.I.A. employees, which he said included suggesting an investigation, accepting its results and appointing an accountability board.
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Asked whether the results of the investigation presented a credibility issue for Mr. Brennan, Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said, Not at all.
Crediting Mr. Brennan with playing an instrumental role in helping the United States government destroy Al Qaedas leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr. Earnest said, He is somebody who has a very difficult job, who does that job extraordinarily well.
Uncle Joe
(58,405 posts)Thanks for the thread, bigtree.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)K&R
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Lots of people used to think that was all paranoid delusion blah blah blah kick.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Many here still do. Look at this thread and others of this subject. Notice that a whole Group is missing from the discussion. But start a "I think Manny is a troll" thread and bingo-bango they come out of the woodwork. Actually the discussion of whether Manny is a troll is a subject that deserves it's own thread. Personally, I don't think he is, but he has multiple personalities, so what do I know.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Ahem.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)I remember getting laughed at for calling Congress Kabuki theater...my how time and the release of information changes things.
MADem
(135,425 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Amazing stuff.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)probably not
Will the republicans rally about this,..........
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Maybe they were just fake online sock-puppet profiles managed by military contractors flush with taxpayer cash too.
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)Shemp Howard
(889 posts)Once we have a Democrat as a president, all these CIA abuses will stop, and those responsible will be fired, at a minimum. Strict guidelines will be set, and enforced.
Oh, I forgot. We've had a Democrat as president for six years now. Never mind.
aggiesal
(8,923 posts)DiFi supported spy agencies until they spied on her.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-adv-feinstein-profile-20140119-story.html#axzz2qrOakt4D&page=1
Someone needs to call out the WP on this.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)If not, the transition of power...the country will come unglued...teapublicans will...Lieberman!