Lawmaker Won’t Deny Secret CIA Program Was ‘Cheney Assassination Ring’

[tekisui]

Source: The Raw Story

Early Friday morning, MSNBC followed up on a theory posted Thursday on the Huffington Post which alleged that a secret CIA program shut down in June by director Leon Panetta could have been related to a purported effort led by Vice President Dick Cheney to assassinate intelligence targets abroad.

This past March, as RAW STORY reported, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell when he told an audience at the University of Minnesota that the Bush Administration was running an “executive assassination ring” which reported directly to former Vice President Dick Cheney.

“It’s an executive assassination ring essentially, and it’s been going on and on and on,” Hersh stated. “Under President Bush’s authority, they’ve been going into countries, not talking to the ambassador or the CIA station chief, and finding people on a list and executing them and leaving. That’s been going on, in the name of all of us.”

“The revelation from seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that they were misled about a critical CIA program has sparked a debate that touches on the most sensitive areas of national security policy,” Huffington Post’s Sam Stein wondered Thursday. “What program, exactly, was being kept secret?”

Much more: http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/10/lawmaker-wont-deny-cia-program-was-cheney-assassination-ring/

[crikkett]

1. I wonder who the victims were

and how many of them were US citizens.

[intheozone]

3. Maybe David Kelly, the british guy

or Daniel Kelly, I can't remember his exact name. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he was on Cheney's assassination list.

[xchrom]

2. fascinating. -- there were few extremes bushco wouldn't commit themselves to. nt

[Snarkoleptic]

4. The program continued after 1/20/09?

I guess that explains why The Dick built a bunker-home near CIA HQ.
I sure hope they've excised this tumor from the CIA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012903154.html
and
http://eyeball-series.org/cheney-uc/cheney-uc.htm

[TankLV]

5. “What program, exactly, was being kept secret?”

Why the "SECRET PROGRAM" silly!

...we can't talk about it now...

of course - it begs the question, if this was so "secret" - why are we all discussing it now?!

more bush repuke governing incompetance, indeed...