You see. The Republican Cabal at the RNC hopes it can win through defeats of 'stable' Democratic political sectors. So, it doesn't matter 'truth or lie' so long as they can find their way back into the power structure of the USA at every turn.
NO !!!!!!
Siobhan Gorman reports on politics.
Aggressively defending the Central Intelligence Agency against Democratic charges that the CIA misled the Congress, CIA Director Leon Panetta on Monday fired back again at lawmakers on Capitol Hill who “focus on the past” to the distraction of spies on the frontlines.
Underscoring the seriousness of the CIA’s work, Panetta acknowledged that the U.S. doesn’t know where all of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are. He said, however, that he’s sure Pakistan has a “pretty secure approach” to keep the weapons under control.
“Obviously the last thing we want is to have the Taliban have nuclear weapons in Pakistan,” Panetta told a foreign policy group luncheon in Los Angeles. “The last thing we would want is to give al Qaeda that potential.”
Panetta has been engaged in a heated battle with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, over whether the CIA misled her during a 2002 briefing on integrations of detainees. She says she was told the CIA wasn’t using the technique known as waterboarding when had used the technique 83 times by that time.
“We are a nation at war,” Panetta told a foreign policy luncheon in Los Angeles. “We have to confront that realty every day. While it’s important to learn the lessons of the past, we must not do it in a way that compromises our capability to stay focused on the present to stay focused on the future and to stay focused on those things that may threaten the United States of America.”
Panetta, a former congressman from California, said that partisanship in Washington is as bad as he’s seen it in his decades in public office. When politicians “start to use these issues as political clubs to beat up each other with, that’s when we not only pay a price, but this country pays a price.”
Aggressively defending the Central Intelligence Agency against Democratic charges that the CIA misled the Congress, CIA Director Leon Panetta on Monday fired back again at lawmakers on Capitol Hill who “focus on the past” to the distraction of spies on the frontlines.
Underscoring the seriousness of the CIA’s work, Panetta acknowledged that the U.S. doesn’t know where all of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are. He said, however, that he’s sure Pakistan has a “pretty secure approach” to keep the weapons under control.
“Obviously the last thing we want is to have the Taliban have nuclear weapons in Pakistan,” Panetta told a foreign policy group luncheon in Los Angeles. “The last thing we would want is to give al Qaeda that potential.”
Panetta has been engaged in a heated battle with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, over whether the CIA misled her during a 2002 briefing on integrations of detainees. She says she was told the CIA wasn’t using the technique known as waterboarding when had used the technique 83 times by that time.
“We are a nation at war,” Panetta told a foreign policy luncheon in Los Angeles. “We have to confront that realty every day. While it’s important to learn the lessons of the past, we must not do it in a way that compromises our capability to stay focused on the present to stay focused on the future and to stay focused on those things that may threaten the United States of America.”
Panetta, a former congressman from California, said that partisanship in Washington is as bad as he’s seen it in his decades in public office. When politicians “start to use these issues as political clubs to beat up each other with, that’s when we not only pay a price, but this country pays a price.”
He vowed to improve the broken relationship between the CIA and Congress, noting that he plans tomorrow morning to have coffee with a group of lawmakers outside the public spotlight. He said that, “as a creature of Congress” he believes Congress should try to learn the lessons of the past, but not to the point of diverting the attention of CIA officers.
He was introduced by one of Pelosi’s sometimes rivals in the Congress, Rep. Jane Harman, another California Democrat who took Panetta on a tour of area contractors and other facilities, including Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Pelosi passed over Harman for the coveted chairmanship of the House intelligence committee in 2006.
“I applaud some of the tough decisions that he’s making,” Harman said, introducing Panetta as an example of “true California excellence.”
He was introduced by one of Pelosi’s sometimes rivals in the Congress, Rep. Jane Harman, another California Democrat who took Panetta on a tour of area contractors and other facilities, including Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Pelosi passed over Harman for the coveted chairmanship of the House intelligence committee in 2006.
“I applaud some of the tough decisions that he’s making,” Harman said, introducing Panetta as an example of “true California excellence.”
