Apparently Dick Cheney asked the CIA to withhold information about a counterterrorism program some 8 years ago. Surprise surprise.
What is most amazing is that the reason for keeping the program secret was because it had not developed to the point that they believed merited a congressional briefing, according to the USA today.
Let me get this straight. In 8 years, this program did not evolve into something of significance? This was a “minor” program that existed for 8 years but it was really too small to need all that messy oversight? History indicates that Dick doesn’t go lightly. Chances are that this program was just as active and just as big as any other effort that Dick made. The king of secrecy certainly has never admitted to wrong doing and will not on this occasion either.
Of course this doesn’t keep Pelosi from being an idiot. But she was right about one thing – the CIA withheld relevant information from Congress. And Cheney was behind this effort to withhold information.
