Republican Rep. Hoekstra accuses CIA of cover-up

[CrimsonWhite]

Ruh Roh.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A top Republican lawmaker is accusing employees at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency of blocking investigations into the downing of a missionary plane in Peru that killed two Americans in 2001.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra on Thursday criticized "rogue" CIA employees involved in a joint CIA-Peruvian anti-narcotics program of withholding information after declassification of a CIA report identifying "routine disregard" of safety procedures that led to the plane being shot down.

A 7-month-old girl and her mother died.

The comments come after a new internal report by the CIA's inspector general -- parts of which were released Thursday -- that said Congress and investigators were not given appropriate access to internal documents regarding the incident.

"This issue goes to the heart of the American people's ability to trust the CIA," the Michigan lawmaker said Thursday. "Americans deserve to know that agencies given the power to operate on their behalf aren't abusing that power or their trust."

Republican Rep. Hoekstra accuses CIA of cover-up - CNN.com

 

[strollingbones]

wasnt this part of the "drug war" that you whole heartly support?

 

[strollingbones]

A SMALL plane carrying American missionaries in Peru's Amazon jungle region has been shot down by a Peruvian air force jet, killing a woman and her young daughter.

It happened after the Peruvian pilot mistook it for an airplane transporting contraband drugs.

The Rev E C Haskell, spokesman for the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, said five people were aboard the group's plane when it was attacked yesterday en route from the Peruvian border to the city of Iquitos, about 625 miles north east of Lima.

Missionary Veronica 'Ronnie' Bowers, aged 35, and her 7-month- old adopted daughter, Charity, were both killed and veteran missionary

Two killed as missionary plane shot down in jungle | Article from Evening Mail | HighBeam Research

 

[strollingbones]

so how is that drug war working for ya now?

 

[editec]

The CIA has a history of lying to Presidents and Congress.

Basically it's an organization which fails to provide much information of any real value to our government.

It has a dismal record given how much money we've given it over the last fifity years.

I consider this failure a damned shame since our nation's need for timely information is so critical.