Trying To Resolve The U.S. Senate - CIA 'Spat'

Brennan Seeks 'Way Forward' In CIA-Senate Fight -- Politico

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan told the spy agency's employees Friday that he's committed to resolving the unusual public dispute that broke out recently between the CIA and its overseers in the U.S. Senate.

"You can be sure that we and the Committee are committed to finding a way forward that allows CIA to continue with its important intelligence mission and that promotes effective and independent Congressional oversight of our Nation’s classified intelligence activities," Brennan said in an unclassified, agency-wide message obtained by POLITICO.

"As we all well know, the intelligence profession is frequently a difficult and challenging one, and it should come as no surprise that many of the things CIA is asked to do are subjected to close scrutiny. Moreover, it is appropriate for the Intelligence Committees in the Senate and the House to carry out their oversight responsibilities thoroughly and comprehensively, and CIA needs to do all it can to assist the Committees in that regard," Brennan added

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My Comment: The CIA has lost the trust of the U.S. Senate intelligence community. It is not going to be easy to resolve this dispute ... or to forget.

Update: Here is a good commentary on how the politics of U.S. intelligence is actually handled .... If Dianne Feinstein is Michael Corleone in the CIA-Senate war, will she shoot? -- Barry Eisler, The Guardian