Discussion for article #225788
But I thought that there were procedures and guidelines and laws and oversight and watchful unicorns to prevent this sort of thing happening.
6 Likes
Sure there are. Easier to beg forgiveness than ask for permission is what came to mindā¦
1 Like
Agency spokesman Dean Boyd said in an email to The Associated Press that Brennan has convened an accountability board that will investigate the conduct of the CIA officers and discipline them, if need be.
I think if need be is the key. If the CIA officers were doing as instructed then there would be no need to discipline them, nāest ce pas?
2 Likes
Sorry, Senators. Iād be happy to discuss some of what we encountered in an open committee meeting if you would likeā¦
It also works the other way around - the people higher up giving the orders might find the need to discipline these people to make sure it doesnāt seem like the whole CIA is run this way. So they can make the ābad applesā argument and keep on going keeping on.
If this was in fact ordered and/or is a systemic practice that everyone knows is expected without having to be ordered, they definitely want to nip any potential deeper investigation in the bud.
Oh, an ACCOUNTABILITY board. Well, thatās fine then, gosh darn it.
No. What is needed is arrest, trial, conviction and imprisonment of those public officials who took it upon themselves to violate the constitution. You know what thatās called? Accountability.
2 Likes
Clearly we need leprechauns to monitor the unicorns who monitor the spies spying on the peopleās representatives. Make sure the leprechauns know what their real job is, and donāt think it involves preventing any really important activities that the unicorns may have let slip through.
ā[A]n accountability board ā¦ will investigate the conduct of the CIA officers and discipline themā¦.ā
Somethingās wrong with my browser. Itās not displaying the HTML <airquotes> tag around the words āaccountabilityā and ādisciplineā.
4 Likes
You canāt trust leprechauns.
1 Like
Isnāt this the same guy who said tis would never happen?
āCIA Director Apologizes To Senate Leadersā?
I think the NY Times headline gets closer to the truth:
āC.I.A. Finds Its Officers Broke Into Senate Staff Computersā
2 Likes
And are we supposed to believe that the superiors of the agents who spied on Senate staffers didnāt know what they were doing and that Brennan didnāt know? I guess Brennan thinks the public and Senators are all really stupid.
1 Like
Where are all of the authoritarians who wanted to throw Snowden in jail for stealing and leaking classified documents? Doesnāt breaking into the private communications of your elected representatives cause any heartburn to those hardliners?
But if an apology will make things right, well thenā¦OK.
As a matter of course you should assume everything an American law enforcement officer says is a lie. Sad but true. This idiot swore up and down the CIA was clean, he was lying until he was forced to tell the truth.
Right, so these actual traitors and felons get to roam free, and Snowden rots in limbo.