Update: Senior Congressional Dem Slams CIA Investigation Of Watchdog

Update: Senior Congressional Dem Slams CIA Investigation Of Watchdog

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said today he was troubled by reports that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency has ordered an unusual internal inquiry into the work of the agency's inspector general, whose aggressive investigations of the C.I.A.'s detention and interrogation programs and other matters have created resentment among agency operatives.

Representative Silvestre Reyes, Democrat of Texas, noted in a statement that the law guarantees the independence of the inspector general. "It is this independence that Congress established and will very aggressively preserve," Mr. Reyes said. "The initiation of this investigation, if accurately reported, is troubling."

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