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CIA Director John Brennan Lied to You and to the Senate. Fire Him
The Guardian ^ | Thursday 31 July 2014

Posted on 08/03/2014 12:55:17 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Private apologies are not enough for a defender of torture, the architect of America’s drone program and the most talented liar in Washington. The nation’s top spy needs to go

As reports emerged Thursday that an internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general found that the CIA “improperly” spied on US Senate staffers when researching the CIA’s dark history of torture, it was hard to conclude anything but the obvious: John Brennan blatantly lied to the American public. Again.

“The facts will come out,” Brennan told NBC News in March after Senator Dianne Feinstein issued a blistering condemnation of the CIA on the Senate floor, accusing his agency of hacking into the computers used by her intelligence committee’s staffers. “Let me assure you the CIA was in no way spying on [the committee] or the Senate,” he said.

After the CIA inspector general’s report completely contradicted Brennan’s statements, it now appears Brennan was forced to privately apologize to intelligence committee chairs in a “tense” meeting earlier this week. Other Senators on Thursday pushed for Brennan to publicly apologize and called for an independent investigation. Sen. Ron Wyden said it well:

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To: Joe Boucher

Brennan’s a muslim like Obama.


21 posted on 08/03/2014 6:31:58 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: RoosterRedux
No, Brennan is not a Muslim "like Obama".

Brennan does not practice taqiyya, he's quite open about his obedience to Allah.

22 posted on 08/03/2014 6:36:37 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Jim Noble
Well, you are certainly correct there. Obama practices taqiyyah even when he doesn't need to.

But both provide plenty of evidence as to their muslim faith.

23 posted on 08/03/2014 6:43:32 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: lee martell

Bump


24 posted on 08/03/2014 6:44:08 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!)
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To: nickcarraway

The real question is what did they find on the Senate?.


25 posted on 08/03/2014 7:05:56 AM PDT by Vaduz
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26 posted on 08/03/2014 7:56:08 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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