Lawmakers back CIA's inspector general

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By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer
39 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - Key members of Congress vowed Friday to "aggressively preserve" the independence of the CIA's internal investigator and to put an end to the agency's probe of its own inspector general.


Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell in a letter to terminate the investigation of the conduct of CIA Inspector General John Helgerson.

"I just don't want to see the intimidation of inspector generals in Washington, D.C., and I'm of the view that people who know that they're doing the right thing aren't afraid of oversight," Wyden said in an interview with The Associated Press.