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Boehner Seeks Commission on Pelosi CIA Allegations
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 3:47PM
By Michael Combier-Talk Radio News Service
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is proposing a bi-partisan commission to investigate whether Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have made false accusations to the CIA or that the Agency has effectively lied to Congress. Boehner said that Pelosi must either produce evidence such as classified documents to support her allegations or make a public apology to the Agency.
“Her allegations that the CIA had lied to her and that they misled Congress all the time is a very serious charge. Members of both parties, I think, have a responsibility to take this situation seriously including the Speaker herself,” said Boehner, adding that “the Speaker had a full week to produce evidence to back up her allegations. And frankly, I am disappointing that she has not done so.”
“I would have hoped the Speaker would have come forward by now, and neither put documents out there supporting her claims or retract her statement and apologize to our Intelligence professionals,” said Boehner.
While this commission still needs the approval of the House, Boehner said that it would lead to the unveiling of top secret documents showing who from Pelosi or the CIA is right.
Boehner added that “we are still in the midst of a war against people who want to end our way of life. And this is where our Intelligence people out on the field play a critical role and they don’t feel like they can do their job, they feel like someone is looking over their shoulders and is going to question every move that they make. It’s going to have a chilling effect.”
Minutes after the press conference ended, the House voted against the setting up of this commission.
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is proposing a bi-partisan commission to investigate whether Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have made false accusations to the CIA or that the Agency has effectively lied to Congress. Boehner said that Pelosi must either produce evidence such as classified documents to support her allegations or make a public apology to the Agency.
“Her allegations that the CIA had lied to her and that they misled Congress all the time is a very serious charge. Members of both parties, I think, have a responsibility to take this situation seriously including the Speaker herself,” said Boehner, adding that “the Speaker had a full week to produce evidence to back up her allegations. And frankly, I am disappointing that she has not done so.”
“I would have hoped the Speaker would have come forward by now, and neither put documents out there supporting her claims or retract her statement and apologize to our Intelligence professionals,” said Boehner.
While this commission still needs the approval of the House, Boehner said that it would lead to the unveiling of top secret documents showing who from Pelosi or the CIA is right.
Boehner added that “we are still in the midst of a war against people who want to end our way of life. And this is where our Intelligence people out on the field play a critical role and they don’t feel like they can do their job, they feel like someone is looking over their shoulders and is going to question every move that they make. It’s going to have a chilling effect.”
Minutes after the press conference ended, the House voted against the setting up of this commission.
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