Seems Panetta screw up when he called attention to the NOT so illegal CIA proposed program that was rejected twice... Just more anti-Bush trashing of a Democrat mind-set that ignores potential damage to national security... Anther narrative "gotcha" that facts refute...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-18/spy-agency-fiasco/full/ >>> Under three successive CIA directors, these plans for paramilitary hit >>> squads had been given three different names. (In the CIA, a program isn’t >>> real until it’s given a codename.) But they never got off the ground. The >>> logistical, legal, and political obstacles proved to be insurmountable. >>> George Tenet gave up on it—too many moving parts. Porter Goss took another >>> stab at it, but nothing, and then Gen. Michael V. Hayden’s team studied it >>> for a while but envisioned nothing but trouble. So there was a reason that >>> none of the last three CIA directors had briefed Congress about it: There >>> was nothing to brief. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
