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Congressman [Obey], CIA dispute briefing list accuracy
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus May 19, 2009 05:48pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | May 19, 2009 05:00pm |
| Description | WASHINGTON – A top House Democrat raised new questions Tuesday about the accuracy of the CIA's account of congressional briefings on severe interrogation techniques. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin said a staff aide that the CIA listed as attending a 2006 briefing was instead barred from the session.
The CIA stood behind its version of the briefing.
In a letter Monday to CIA Director Leon Panetta, Obey questioned CIA records that show a committee aide, Paul Juola, attended a Sept. 19, 2006, briefing that included a discussion of 13 harsh interrogation techniques.
According to Obey, Juola accompanied members of Congress to the briefing room, but was told by then-CIA Director Michael Hayden and another CIA official that he could not attend.
CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said Juola was at the September meeting as well as a meeting in October 2007 where enhanced interrogations were discussed.
"As the agency has pointed out more than once, its list compiled in response to congressional requests reflects the records it has. These are notes, memos and recollections, not transcripts and recordings."
Obey's spokeswoman, Kirstin Brost, said the CIA was wrong.
"Our records are clear. Our records are detailed. They are mistaken," she said. |
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