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| CIA and senators in bitter dispute over Capitol Hill spying claims | CIA and senators in bitter dispute over Capitol Hill spying claims |
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| “I am very confident that the appropriate authorities reviewing this matter will determine where wrongdoing, if any, occurred in either the executive branch or legislative branch,” Brennan continued, raising a suggestion that the Senate committee itself might have acted improperly. | “I am very confident that the appropriate authorities reviewing this matter will determine where wrongdoing, if any, occurred in either the executive branch or legislative branch,” Brennan continued, raising a suggestion that the Senate committee itself might have acted improperly. |
| He did not immediately specify the “appropriate authorities” in question. | He did not immediately specify the “appropriate authorities” in question. |
| “Until then I would encourage others to refrain from outbursts that do a disservice to the important relationship that needs to be maintained between intelligence officials and congressional overseers.” | “Until then I would encourage others to refrain from outbursts that do a disservice to the important relationship that needs to be maintained between intelligence officials and congressional overseers.” |
| Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, declined to comment on Brennan’s remarks, but confirmed the excistence of an inquiry by the CIA inspector general. | Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, declined to comment on Brennan’s remarks, but confirmed the excistence of an inquiry by the CIA inspector general. |
| In his letter, sent on Tuesday, Udall sought to enlist the White House’s aid on the subject, intimating that Obama had been made aware of the issue. “As you are aware the CIA has recently taken unprecedented action against the committee in relation to the internal CIA review and I find these actions to be incredibly troubling for the committee’s oversight powers and for our democracy,” Udall wrote to Obama on Tuesday. | In his letter, sent on Tuesday, Udall sought to enlist the White House’s aid on the subject, intimating that Obama had been made aware of the issue. “As you are aware the CIA has recently taken unprecedented action against the committee in relation to the internal CIA review and I find these actions to be incredibly troubling for the committee’s oversight powers and for our democracy,” Udall wrote to Obama on Tuesday. |
| Neither Udall, the White House nor the justice department would comment on the subject during a day notable for bitterness between a committee that has accorded the CIA much deference in recent years and an agency that has been determined to restore its reputation on Capitol Hill after intelligence failures on the Iraq war plunged its standing to historic lows. | Neither Udall, the White House nor the justice department would comment on the subject during a day notable for bitterness between a committee that has accorded the CIA much deference in recent years and an agency that has been determined to restore its reputation on Capitol Hill after intelligence failures on the Iraq war plunged its standing to historic lows. |
| Observers expressed alarm about the reports of the CIA inspector general inquiry, first revealed by McClatchy and the New York Times, raising the disturbing prospect of a bitter public fight between an angry intelligence agency and its elected overseers. | |
| “In the worst case it would be a subversion of independent oversight and a violation of separation of powers,” Steven Aftergood, an intelligence analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, told the Guardian. “It’s potentially very serious.” | “In the worst case it would be a subversion of independent oversight and a violation of separation of powers,” Steven Aftergood, an intelligence analyst at the Federation of American Scientists, told the Guardian. “It’s potentially very serious.” |
| Zeke Johnson of Amnesty International said: “If the reports are true the CIA appears to have doubled down on its own wrongdoing, a shocking but sadly unsurprising move given the agency’s role in torture. The key question is whether President Obama has the backbone to finally set things right.” | Zeke Johnson of Amnesty International said: “If the reports are true the CIA appears to have doubled down on its own wrongdoing, a shocking but sadly unsurprising move given the agency’s role in torture. The key question is whether President Obama has the backbone to finally set things right.” |
| The White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told the Guardian on Wednesday that Obama supported declassifying the major findings of the Senate report – although Aftergood pointed out that Obama could do so at will. | The White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told the Guardian on Wednesday that Obama supported declassifying the major findings of the Senate report – although Aftergood pointed out that Obama could do so at will. |
| Hayden said: “For some time the White House has made clear to the chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence that a summary of the findings and conclusions of the final report should be declassified, with any appropriate redactions necessary to protect national security.” | Hayden said: “For some time the White House has made clear to the chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence that a summary of the findings and conclusions of the final report should be declassified, with any appropriate redactions necessary to protect national security.” |