BREAKING!!!!! Congress Authorized CIA to Develop Secret Al Qaeda Plan, Former Official Says

Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta speaks after a ceremonial oath-of-office event with Vice President Biden at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Panetta, former White House chief of staff under President Clinton and director of the Office of Management and Budget, officially took over the intelligence agency last week after an official, but closed, swearing in ceremony. Associated Press

From FOX News:

A secret CIA program to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives never came close to being operational, an official says.

Congress originally authorized the CIA to develop the secret counterterrorism program that is now drawing fierce criticism from House Democrats who say they were kept in the dark all along, a former senior intelligence official told FOX News on Monday.

The program, which sources told FOX News was a plan to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives, also never came close to being operational, the intelligence official said.

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My Comment: After spending the past few days of listening to politicians, bloggers, pundits, and reporters pontificate on this secret program .... we now know that it was Congress itself that authorized an examination into developing this program.

Sigh .... one more reason why I should never trust the main stream media, and to never trust Senators like Dianne Feinstein when it comes to National Security issues.