...DIR. BRENNAN: (click here) I am confident that the authorities will
review this appropriately, and I will deal with the facts as uncovered
in the appropriate manner.
I would just encourage (some ?) members of the -- of the Senate to take their time, to make sure that they don’t overstate what they claim and what they probably believe to be the truth. These are some complicated matters. We have worked with the committee over the course of many years. This review that was done by the committee was done at a facility where CIA had the responsibility to make sure that they had the computer wherewithal to -- in order to carry out their responsibilities....
To begin with Senator Feinstein appeared on the Senate floor today to dispel the reports in the media about her staff breaking into CIA computers. The reporting about this had gotten out of hand and she was compelled to respond. This was not the oversight committee putting the CIA between a rock and hard place.
I realize Director Brennan believes it best to rush to the cameras and hang on to the status quo, but, his remarks only prove he has no clue. There is no way he could have sought information within the agency from the time the Senator appeared on the floor until his public SPEECH.
I don't believe there was a reason for him to respond at all. His defense of the CIA and it's covert activities need to be defended to the President and the oversight committees after some preparation, not the public. I would think it would take a few weeks to get up to speed on these statements by Senator Feinstein and respond intelligently.
The entire document dump is ludicrous. Over millions of pages were given to the Senator's staff in complete disarray without a method to find topics within them. The Senator had to ask for a computer program that could scan through the pages for keywords. Now, she has a smaller file that makes sense to at least her staff of something like 9000 files.
My first impression when she spoke was disrespect. Disrespect first by the CIA of the Senator and her staff and then disrespect by the media whom only made things worse. I never got the impression she was on a witch hunt or interested in discrediting the CIA, but, she and her staff were sincerely impressed by the volume of documents the agency had.
Director Brennan is overreacting to this revelation by Senator Feinstein. The amazing thing about her presentation of her concerns today is that it didn't change a darn thing in the media which was her purpose in the first place. There must be a lesson in there somewhere.
I think the legal circumstances within the agency should be reviewed by the Justice Department. I think that is called procedure when there is reason to be concerned. I don't know why Director Brennan felt compelled to make a speech today, but, it has come across as a manufactured mind speak moment of which no American is interested. It makes him look phony, unprepared and a puppet to public pressure. Is that the image he sincerely wants for himself as director? I know it isn't the one I want. I would find it far better to have the CIA cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any concerns of the country. The oversight committees are doing their job even though the CIA is attempting to make it impossible.
All Director Brennan had to do was to put forward a press release stating he was as surprised as the rest of the nation at Senator Feinstein's statements today on the Senate floor, but, he was taking them seriously. In taking them seriously he and the agency will cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any misunderstandings and/or validate in any wrong doing. That is all he had to do and we all would feel more confident in our government.
I would just encourage (some ?) members of the -- of the Senate to take their time, to make sure that they don’t overstate what they claim and what they probably believe to be the truth. These are some complicated matters. We have worked with the committee over the course of many years. This review that was done by the committee was done at a facility where CIA had the responsibility to make sure that they had the computer wherewithal to -- in order to carry out their responsibilities....
To begin with Senator Feinstein appeared on the Senate floor today to dispel the reports in the media about her staff breaking into CIA computers. The reporting about this had gotten out of hand and she was compelled to respond. This was not the oversight committee putting the CIA between a rock and hard place.
I realize Director Brennan believes it best to rush to the cameras and hang on to the status quo, but, his remarks only prove he has no clue. There is no way he could have sought information within the agency from the time the Senator appeared on the floor until his public SPEECH.
I don't believe there was a reason for him to respond at all. His defense of the CIA and it's covert activities need to be defended to the President and the oversight committees after some preparation, not the public. I would think it would take a few weeks to get up to speed on these statements by Senator Feinstein and respond intelligently.
The entire document dump is ludicrous. Over millions of pages were given to the Senator's staff in complete disarray without a method to find topics within them. The Senator had to ask for a computer program that could scan through the pages for keywords. Now, she has a smaller file that makes sense to at least her staff of something like 9000 files.
My first impression when she spoke was disrespect. Disrespect first by the CIA of the Senator and her staff and then disrespect by the media whom only made things worse. I never got the impression she was on a witch hunt or interested in discrediting the CIA, but, she and her staff were sincerely impressed by the volume of documents the agency had.
Director Brennan is overreacting to this revelation by Senator Feinstein. The amazing thing about her presentation of her concerns today is that it didn't change a darn thing in the media which was her purpose in the first place. There must be a lesson in there somewhere.
I think the legal circumstances within the agency should be reviewed by the Justice Department. I think that is called procedure when there is reason to be concerned. I don't know why Director Brennan felt compelled to make a speech today, but, it has come across as a manufactured mind speak moment of which no American is interested. It makes him look phony, unprepared and a puppet to public pressure. Is that the image he sincerely wants for himself as director? I know it isn't the one I want. I would find it far better to have the CIA cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any concerns of the country. The oversight committees are doing their job even though the CIA is attempting to make it impossible.
All Director Brennan had to do was to put forward a press release stating he was as surprised as the rest of the nation at Senator Feinstein's statements today on the Senate floor, but, he was taking them seriously. In taking them seriously he and the agency will cooperate with the Justice Department to clear up any misunderstandings and/or validate in any wrong doing. That is all he had to do and we all would feel more confident in our government.
