[privacy] White House Kept 'Major Program' Secret From Congress

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The Boston Globe (Reuters).

[snip]

The Bush administration was running several intelligence programs,
including one major activity, that it kept secret from Congress until
whistle-blowers told the House of Representatives Intelligence
Committee, the committee's chairman said on Sunday.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican who chairs the House
Intelligence Committee, said on Fox News Sunday he had written a
four-page to President George W. Bush in May warning him that the
failure to disclose the intelligence activities to Congress may be a
violation of the law.

In doing so, he confirmed a story that first ran in Sunday editions of
the New York Times.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/09/white_house_kept_major_program_secret_from_congress/

NYT article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/washington/09hoekstra.html

- ferg


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