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Where's the outrage? If this country had its head on straight, there would be nothing but white-hot popular fury over the latest Bush-era CIA scandal broken by the New York Times.
CIA director Leon Panetta reportedly told congressional committees that under Dick Cheney, the CIA hatched a plan, in the wake of 9/11, to kill senior leaders of al-Qaida. The CIA would send operatives to assassinate these terrorists in their homes and caves, if that's not redundant. President Bush reportedly put Vice President Cheney in charge of the scheme.
Now, here's where it gets...
Anger Over CIA Flap Is Misplaced
I have seen this sort of thing before. Liberals attack, investigate, and weaken the CIA. i.e. Sen. Frank Church.
Then agents morale suffers, agents don't take risks, they don't collect information and Americans die as a result.
Then a Republican President has to come in and fix things.