You remember that Story about the intelligence program that Former President Bush was so hell-bent on keep secret; so much so that the program was deemed not to really work?
Well, now one of the Democratic Party’s print media wings is now report, that Dick Cheney was somehow involved.
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Anyhow, the Washington Post is reporting:
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
The report that Mr. Cheney was behind the decision to conceal the still-unidentified program from Congress deepened the mystery surrounding it, suggesting that the Bush administration had put a high priority on the program and its secrecy.
Mr. Panetta, who ended the program when he first learned of its existence from subordinates on June 23, briefed the two intelligence committees about it in separate closed sessions the next day.
Efforts to reach Mr. Cheney through relatives and associates were unsuccessful.
Here’s the real deal about this so-called horrific program, that nobody knows anything about:
- It was so secretive that it did not even work.
- It was ended when Panetta found out about it
- If there’s even morsel of truth to the story, it obviously never carried out.
So, where’s the story here? Oh, it is because Dick Cheney’s name is on it! Oooooh, Shiny!
Just another liberal Non-Story Story; to distract us from the real agenda of the Socialist President and his Administration.