CHAIRMAN FEINSTEIN: “Let me say up front,” Feinstein declared, “that I come to the Senate floor reluctantly. Since January 15, 2014, when I was informed of the CIA search of this committee’s network, I’ve been trying to resolve this dispute in a discreet and respectful way.”

[sidebar:  When chickens' roost at home.  Chairman Mao was wrong, too.]

CIA accused: Senator sees torture probe meddling

J. Scott Applewhite

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday.

Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:12 am

Associated Press |

WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary public accusation, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee declared on Tuesday that the CIA interfered with and then tried to intimidate a congressional investigation into the agency’s possible use of torture in terror probes during the Bush administration.

The CIA clandestinely removed documents and searched a computer network set up for lawmakers, said Sen. Dianne Feinstein in a long and biting speech on the Senate floor. In an escalating dispute with an agency she has long supported, she said the CIA may well have violated criminal laws and the U.S. Constitution.

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/news/cia-accused-senator-sees-torture-probe-meddling/article_bede856d-0488-5a0c-a32e-eb53f1f80d2d.html