Saw this on the news before the sweet nectar known as coffee had touched my lips this morning. Rep. Hoeskstra should stop vote pandering by “pretend caring” while taking a dump on the CIA. Anything for a vote…
“It is a blot, a dark stain, a sad day for CIA,” Hoekstra said at a Capitol Hill news conference. “The CIA knew about repeated serious issues with this program, but took no corrective actions, which could have prevented this needless tragedy.”
“Making matters worse, the inspector general found continuous efforts to cover the matter up and potentially block criminal investigation,” he added.
While Hoekstra has taken a keen interest in the case from the beginning, since both victims were from Michigan, he clearly sees the case as having much wider significance than a single tragic event.
“This issue goes to the heart of the American people’s ability to trust the CIA,” said Hoekstra, the senior Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “Americans deserve to know that agencies given the power to operate on their behalf aren’t abusing that power or their trust.”
Hoekstra based his harsh criticisms on findings in a voluminous and classified report by the agency’s inspector general: “Procedures Used in the Narcotics Airbridge Denial Program in Peru, 1995-2001.”
But a former senior CIA officer familiar with the anti-drug program disagreed with Hoekstra’s conclusions.
“The Airbridge Denial Program was ruthlessly successful for years,” the former officer told Military.com. “When the two Americans were shot down in their private plane, my understanding was it was a clear error, committed by the Peruvian pilots. They did not follow all the procedures.”
“To say the agency was ‘responsible’ is a stretch,” he added. “The procedures were written by us and overseen by us, so I guess to that extent the agency was responsible.”
You never hear about the good things our clandestine community does for the nation. The only time you’ll hear anything is when a politician is looking to make a name for themselves at someone else’s expense, in this case the CIA.
Even worse in my opinion is the fact that these politicians make sure to have as many camera’s pointed at them as possible when looking into these things. If there was shoddy judgement at work, then investigate and correct. But, making a circus out of this only benefits one person, Rep. Hoekstra(R).
I’m sure the CIA is shaking in their boots.
Do what you must Hoekstra, some of us know your intent is less than honorable.
Your intent disgust me.
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