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'The CIA is America's scapegoat'
Former officer: Pelosi 'should be thrown out of her job'

Posted: May 16, 2009
12:30 am Eastern
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Members of the CIA are most likely "seething and outraged" by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claims the CIA misled her about its use of coersive interrogation methods, according to former CIA officer Larry Johnson.

"She was informed, the Congress was informed," said Johnson.

"This is not the first time Congress has developed a version of Alzheimer's disease in failing to remember what it was told about certain covert operations throughout history."

He spoke with Greg Corombos of Radio America/WND. The audio of the exchange is embedded here: http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp

"I think she's crossed a line now," said Johnson.

He castigates lawmakers who are hawkish behind closed doors and then take a different position in public and he slams both parties for using the CIA to further their own political ends.

"The CIA is America's scapegoat," continued Johnson.

"If you listen to Nancy Pelsoi, the CIA was lying to Congress about Iraq, and was helping manufacture all this misinformation. And then, if you listen to the Republicans, CIA officer Valerie Plame, who was an operations officer undercover, she was actually undermining Bush policy. Now, which is it?"

Johnson said Pelosi should be "held accountable" and thinks "she should be thrown out of her job."

"I guarantee you this, the one who's lying in this case is Nancy Pelosi."

A former congresswoman, who once sat on the House Select Intelligence Committee with Pelosi, contends the speaker "needs to come clean" about the claims she's made.

"This just gets stranger and stranger everyday," said former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson.

Wilson spoke with Greg Corombos of Radio America/WND. The audio of the exchange is embedded here: http://www.cwfa.org/main.asp

"I wouldn't be surprised if there's, within a few days, some notes that were taken at the actual meetings and Mrs. Pelosi may have more egg on her face before this is over," added Wilson.

She worries what impact Pelosi's accusations against the CIA will have on the work currently being done by the intelligence community.

"More than anything else, good intelligence has kept this country safe since September 11. It's our first line of defense against people who would try to kill us," she continued.

"They are not going to necessarily take the risks that we ask them to take to keep this country safe."

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