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intelligence briefing stories: 5 news summaries

 Cheney Told CIA to Hide 
 Counterterror Program 

Panetta has since ended still-secret program

Jul 11, 09 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress about a secret counterterrorism program for 8 years, CIA chief Leon Panetta has told congressional intelligence committees. The revelation, leaked by two intelligence insiders to the New York Times, serves the latest volley in the fierce dispute over how fully... More »

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Congress • Dick Cheney • CIA • Leon Panetta • intelligence briefing

(Newser) - Don't look for Nancy Pelosi to shed any more light on what she may or may not have known about the CIA’s interrogations. At a press conference today—her first since she accusedthe agency of misleading her and Congress—the House speaker clammed up, reports the Hill. “I... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • waterboarding • speaker of the House • intelligence briefing

(Newser) - CIA director Leon Panetta today denied Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the agency misled lawmakers in a 2002 briefing, the Hill reports. In a memo to employees, Panetta said “CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing ‘the enhanced techniques that had been employed.’... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • torture • House of Representatives • Leon Panetta • Obama administration • intelligence briefing • enhanced interrogation techniques

(AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today she was not complicit in the government’s decision to waterboard terrorist suspects, and she claimed the CIA misled her about whether the interrogation technique considered torture by many was being used. “To the contrary … we were told explicitly that waterboarding was... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • torture • harsh interrogation • intelligence briefing • Jay-ZTV

 Bush, Obama Will 
 Sit Down Monday 

Transition moving quickly between president, successor

Nov 6, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - President George W. Bush will meet with Barack Obama early next week to discuss plans for transition, the Washington Post reports. Obama received his first intelligence briefing this morning, and key staffers have been given expedited security clearances. “We face economic challenges that will not pause to let a... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • President • transition • economy • George W. Bush • transition team • President Obama • meeting • security clearance • intelligence briefing

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