Posted on 04/01/2014 9:00:08 AM PDT by don-o
The CIA's top officer on the ground in Libya at the time of the Benghazi terror attack will appear before a House panel for the first time Tuesday afternoon -- to deliver what could be critical closed-door testimony, ahead of ex-CIA Director Michael Morell's scheduled appearance on Wednesday.
Two congressional sources confirmed to Fox News that the CIA chief of station will appear before a House intelligence subcommittee. His perspective was long-sought by lawmakers, and the timing is critical -- coming before Morell's first-ever public testimony Wednesday about his role, and that of the administration, in the flawed "talking points" which blamed a protest.
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My request to change this to Live Thread was not granted. New thread link above.
Live Thread would not fit in the long title of your thread.
About 30 years ago, Pat Moynihan said the CIA should be abolished. I thought he was insane. And, in those days, I may have been right. But, the CIA has done way more harm than good for a couple of decades, at least. It’s just the President’s yes men. Yet another bureaucracy corrupted. Except, when the CIA screws up, people die.
The CIA is most assuredly NOT "the President's yes men". As demonstrated by the Valerie Plame Affair, the CIA acts as "yes men" only for Democrat Presidents.
This represents yet one more systemic problem with the federal government -- the bureaucracy salutes one party...and works to undermine the other.
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