Arlen Specter Joins Nancy Pelosi in Calling the CIA Liars

May 21, 2009
By 5 comments

This is why Arlen Specter no longer calling himself a republican is a good thing.

“The CIA has a very bad record when it comes – I was about to say [being] candid, but that’s too mild – to honesty. It goes back a long time,” Specter said in a speech before the American Law Institute at a Washington hotel.

The Republican-turned-Democrat listed a handful of examples in the past where the CIA has withheld key information from Congress, including an instance when a CIA operative knowingly passed along to the White House “tainted” information about the then-Soviet Union and the agency’s statements about its ties to the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan administration.

During my tenure as chairman of the Intelligence Committee during the 104th Congress, there were repeated instances where we didn’t get information that was there,” Specter said.

“It’s a real problem as to how you get the information.”

Maybe they just realized he’s a moron who can’t be trusted with classified information.

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5 Responses to Arlen Specter Joins Nancy Pelosi in Calling the CIA Liars

  1. Edward Traxler on May 21, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Maybe they just realized he’s a moron who can’t be trusted with classified information.

    Think that appies to quite a few members of Congress .. but think Mark Twain said it best … “… suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

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  2. laura on May 21, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    i guess it’s a bad thing that even thinking about Mr. Specter makes me feel violent and crazy all at the same time, right?

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  3. Sam Adams on May 21, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    The CIA lied?

    PROVE IT or STFU!

    While this is basic (and simple) it’s apparently too much for San Fran Nan to handle.

    Therefore, prepare yourselves for more spewage from our elustrious (NOT!) Speaker.

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  4. Daneen on May 21, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    I hope she keeps it up. It will HAVE to p.o. at least one conservative-minded CIA operative with good stuff to leak. I dream of big things….

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  5. Chris Ronk on May 22, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    They are all lairs.

    The Republicans know that Pelosi will never be investigated. Which is why they are making all the noise. They are just posturing.

    Can you imagine what would happen if there really was an investigation?

    They are all implicated and should all be fired.

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