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The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny
by pm90 6y ago
The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny” but they can’t knowingly tell a lie.
- jaywalk 6y agoThey can and they have. Let's not pretend we live in fantasy land.
- ardy42 6y ago>> The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny” but they can’t knowingly tell a lie. > They can and they have. Let's not pretend we live in fantasy land. He didn't say they're incapable of lying to Congress, just that it's illegal for them to lie Congress. By the GP's statement, if they lied then they also broke the law.
- cies 6y agoSo we just need to find one case they did to falsify this claim. And to do so we need whistle blowers. There are serious problems with intelligence agencies in democracies.
- 34679 6y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/31/cia-director-john-brennan-lied-senate https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/31/cia-di... Not this claim, but a recent example of the CIA lying to Congress with impunity.
- jessaustin 6y agoWhistleblowers not actually required: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XylBrECV7Wc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XylBrECV7Wc
- primroot 6y agoThey can "not understand the question." https://apnews.com/33a88feb083ea35515de3c73e3d854ad https://apnews.com/33a88feb083ea35515de3c73e3d854ad