Democrats Say Panetta Admits CIA Misled Them


	Democrats Say Panetta Admits CIA Misled Them

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7-9-2009 10:25 AM

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7-9-2009 11:29 AM

The Infowarrior

The CIA have mislead the US Government and the world since it was founded. Generally if they are communicating they are lying like most government agencies.

7-9-2009 11:04 PM

darkeforce

Worse than that; it's the CIA's job to lie, so people are naïve if they don't expect everything to come out of the CIA to be a lie.

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