McCain: CIA Program Secrecy Story Just Beginning

CNN:

Sen. John McCain thinks we haven't heard the last about allegations that former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered secrecy for a CIA surveillance operation after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

"If I know Washington, this is the beginning of a pretty involved and detailed story,"� McCain said Sunday on the NBC program "Meet the Press."

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Comments

[ICU1225]

McCain should also be investigated. He was on TV making the case for WMD in Iraq, What did he know and where did he get his information? (paraphrased) "There is absolutely WMD and a connection to Iraq involvement in 911". You shouldn't make a statement like that without seeing the evidence.

[MyGuyO]

What does McCain know. Talk, talk, talk. Politics as usual.

Now if he only worked for the great state of Arizona.

[Clayton139]

He should know !
The Keating 5 !
Deregulation of banks !

[DougNTexas]

Yep, Mca was a man ahead of his time. The Keating 5 fits in so well with Wall Street these days.

[BambooHarvester]

JM likes Karma too . . .
~

[GrumpyinAZ]

AIG started out as a covert funding mechanism for them to avoid oversight, that worked out real well

[LiberalForever]

hopefully, someday, there will be some justice for these lying old bast*rds...mcclain, cheney, etc...it's obvious justice is not forthcoming from the chickenstink house, senate and white house.

[hortonhearsdawho]

did he clear this with sarah...

[NavigatorOne]

JM was probably napping through any briefings he attended.

[hortonhearsdawho]

someone left the door opened, he wandered out...

[PoliticalAmazon]

Maybe his Meals-On-Wheels delivery arrived, and he just couldn't wait until the end of the briefing.

[LemonMeringue]

The Constitution does not give the Vice President the power to order a secret program.

Throw the book at him for that alone.

[bryan-a]

The Constitution doesn't mention anything about the CIA - it didn't exist until 1947.

[VirginiaJeff]

So what, bryan? The Constitution still doesn't give the V.P. the right to order a secret program.

[ignoranceequalsfear]

The fact that the Constitution doesn't mention a LOT of things doesn't stop Mishell Baakman from making assinine conclusions. I mean, let's be fair here!

[PoliticalAmazon]

The Constitution also doesn't say anything about computers, but we've kind of applied the concepts of the Constitution to the new environment.

[cruisepuppy7452a]

For all practical purposes, the VP is really window dressing. He isn't suppose to have the kinds of illegal powers cheney took. To hide thier actions, they made thier own rules, blocked laws on the books that prohibit such actions. They went out of thier way to thwart investigations, destroyed evidence to link them to the crap they pulled while in office. Illegal and treason. Vp does not have the legal rights to change or alter the constitution in any form. He does not have the legal right to violate the civil rights of liberties of any American, private op, (FBI< CIA, Secret Service) at any time, for any reason. Treason. He does not have the rright to order torture, assasninations, interrogations, he cannot out knowingly any op in the field. Treason. They are not suppose to financially gain in any manner from the demise of Any american here or abroadm and he did when he knowingly did insider trading after 911, he knew the airline stocks would be shorted and took advantage. Treason.

[Grunty1]

Thank you captain obvious.

[mjeffn]

Sounds like he is the first word on limiting the damage to those below the previous administration. Do I hear sounds of Mai Lai?

[StillIRise]

It was said on the news that Panetta discovered this deception about a month ago, and ended the program as soon as he found about it.

Then I thought about Dick Cheney! Up until about a month ago, either he or his daughter was on every news program I tuned into, sometimes two or three times a day. Then all of a sudden, he was gone! About a month ago, in fact ... around the same time Panetta discovered this deception!

[lizr]

Hmm where's he gone? some country we have no extradition treaty with?

[rf dude]

Mebbe he's hiding in one of his "Man-sized" safes...
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[Mauiboy]

He's moved to Dubai with all our money!

[Icantbelieveher]

And who is still in the CIA feeding Cheney information? My husband and I were talking about that same thing -- where has Cheney and Liz gone? Was their constant interviews a pre-emptive strike?

[lizr]

someone informed me today that ALL The civil service exams were skewed in the Bush era to ask questions about personal politics.. so the number of Federalist Society types embedded in all branches of gov over the last 8 yrs is mind boggling.

Mamma Mia!

[Grunty1]

Good observation.

[LemonMeringue]

Cheney either got a guarantee that he would not be investigated, or he realized he was only bringing more attention on the crimes he committed.

Hard to say which.

[Bitsko]

Nice new nip and tuck job there, John. I assume we paid for it.

[mjeffn]

good observation, on both fronts

[lizr]

yeah, love me some Congressional health care..

[Rickter]

I'm still waiting for John to tell us his big plan to get Bin Laden, remember the one he told us about during the campaign....

Fingers tapping....

[Bitsko]

Fingers tapping... LOL

[mjeffn]

well, he was going to send the Barracuda to Afghanistan.

[MyGuyO]

OMG, I do remember that. Now where did that big plan of his disappear to?
Of course, we didn't believe a word of that, right?

[LemonMeringue]

John McCain could redeem himself.

He could tell the truth for the first time in at least five years.