CHENEY MAY BE FOCUS OF HOUSE PROBE INTO CIA COVERT OPERATIONS

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Source: Raw Story


Source: Raw Story

House probe of covert CIA program could target Cheney
By John Byrne

Published: July 20, 2009
Updated 1 hour ago

Vice President Dick Cheney isn’t out of the reeds just yet.

In a little noticed statement Friday, the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence and Investigations announced they will begin a full investigation into charges that the CIA misled congress about a covert spy operation that had been going on for nearly 8 years before it was canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta last month.

“The House Intelligence Committee will move forward with a full investigation that will explore certain CIA programs and the core issue of how the committee is kept informed,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), the committee’s chairwoman, said in a statement late Friday.

“My subcommittee will take the lead on significant portions of the investigation;” the congresswoman continues. “We will explore instances where the Congress was not informed in a timely way and situations in which laws may have been broken.”

The New York Times has reported that Cheney ordered the CIA to conceal from lawmakers a spy program aimed at eliminating Al Qaeda members.

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