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NEWS ABOUT: House Intelligence Committee

House Intelligence Committee stories: 9 news summaries

CIA Officer: We 'Broke the Law' With Kidnapping

She's one of 23 Americans convicted in Italy for 2003 rendition

Nov 4, 09 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the CIA agents convicted in Italy today of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003 says the mission "broke the law" and that she feels "abandoned and betrayed" by the US government. The case involving ex-officer Sabrina DeSousa and 22 other Americans is the first challenge to... More »

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CIA • rendition • Italy • kidnapping • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • terror suspects • extraordinary rendition • Pete Hoekstra • Sabrina DeSousa

 House Will Probe 
 Possible CIA Lies 

Panel Republicans decry inquiry as partisan politics

Jul 17, 09 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House Intelligence Committee will investigate whether the CIA lied to Congress and violated the National Security Act, the Hill reports. The probe stems from claims by new CIA chief Leon Panetta and Rep. Nancy Pelosi that the agency regularly misled Congress. More »

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Nancy Pelosi • national security • Congress • CIA • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • Silvestre Reyes • Silvestre P. Reyes • Leon Panetta

(Newser) - A group of Democratic lawmakers says CIA chief Leon Panetta admitted that the agency has misled Congress since 2001 and "concealed significant actions," reports Politico. A letter released by the lawmakers, all members of the House Intelligence panel, offered no specifics on when Panetta made the admission or... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • Leon Panetta • CIA director

Dems Rip GOP for Sharing Interrogation Secrets

House Republicans
go on record after closed-door briefing

Jun 5, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are seething today after Republicans told the press about classified intelligence gleaned in a closed-door briefing about interrogation techniques. GOP members told the Hill they were informed that harsh techniques led to information that prevented terrorist attacks. That led Democrats to blast their rivals for disclosing secret information, triggering... More »

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Congress • torture • House Democrats • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • House Republicans • Jan Schakowsky

(Newser) - Republicans are slamming Nancy Pelosi for saying she felt she had no recourse when informed of harsh interrogation tactics in 2003, Politico reports. “If she felt it was wrong, she should have acted,” John McCain said. Some critics suggest the House speaker could have written a letter or... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • John McCain • CIA • torture • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • Lamar Alexander • Carl Levin • waterboarding • House Intelligence Committee

Dems Blast Secret Iraq Report

Rosy picture aims to
bolster White House, they charge

Apr 4, 08 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new, top-secret intelligence report asserts that conditions on the ground in Iraq have markedly improved, reports the Wall Street Journal. Only a select number of House and Senate members have seen the report, but top Democrats are already blasting the document as an effort to bolster the administration's Iraq... More »

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Iraq • Congress • David Petraeus • Jane Harman • National Intelligence Estimate • House Intelligence Committee

House Subpoenas
Top Ex-Spy

Lawmakers seek explanation for why he had tapes destroyed

Dec 21, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The former head of the CIA's clandestine service has been subpoenaed to testify about the destruction of  videotapes of the harsh interrogations of two al-Qaeda suspects. The subpoena for Jose Rodriguez was issued after the House Intelligence Committee staff studied documents on the interrogations that the CIA had surrendered to... More »

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CIA • Michael Hayden • Abu Zubaydah • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • Jose A. Rodriguez • Silvestre P. Reyes • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush • Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri

CIA to Surrender Tape Records

House will get secret documents on destroyed water boarding videos

Dec 20, 07 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The CIA will provide documents on the destruction of interrogation videotapes to the House Intelligence Committee and allow the agency's top attorney to testify, the New York Times reports. It's unclear whether the man who ordered the videos destroyed, clandestine service chief Jose Rodriguez, will also testify. The tapes showed... More »

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CIA • Department of Justice • Senate Judiciary Committee • Jose Rodriguez • waterboarding • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • harsh interrogation • Silvestre Reyes • John A. Rizzo

Congress Kept in Dark, CIA Chief Admits

Hayden backtracks after 'stunning' closed-door committee testimony

Dec 12, 07 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden acknowledged today that the agency did not inform Congress about the creation or destruction of videotapes of harsh interrogations of al-Qaeda detainees, the New York Times reports. “We could have done an awful lot better at keeping the committee alert and informed,” Hayden... More »

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CIA • torture • waterboarding • House Intelligence Committee • al-Qaeda

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