--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <lengli...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > sparaig wrote: > > > Do you have reason to take the > > > word of one public servant over > > > another, given neither is under > > > oath? > > > > > Well, I can't imagine a professional > > public servant employee of the CIA > > lying to congressional leaders, in > > an Intelligence Committee briefing, > > but I can imagine a politician like > > Nancy Pelosi lying every single day > > in a press conference on TV. > > I can easily imagine a CIA representative shading the facts > presented to a member of Congress in a way commensurate > with White House policy.
CIA has quite a well-established reputation by now for lying, or at least "shading the truth," to Congress and even to the president.
