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House Intelligence Committee to investigate CIA secret assassination plan

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee will launch an investigation into plans by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assassinate al Qaeda members, the Committee announced Friday. The Committee has already requested documents from the CIA and will likely hold hearings, according to Committee-member Jan Schakowsky. The Committee hopes to learn whether or not former vice president Dick Cheney told the CIA to hide the program from Congress as media reports alleged last week. Former Bush Administration officials have defended the decision not to reveal the program to Congress on the grounds that the program was only in the planning phase and not yet fully developed. It is not yet known whether or not the Committee will call Cheney as a witness. Members of Congress called for an investigation into the program earlier this week. CIA director Leon Panetta revealed the program to Congress and announced its termination in June.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on July 18, 2009 (boomark / email).