Senator calls for probe of whether Cheney ordered concealment of program from Congress
By APSunday, July 12, 2009
Durbin: Probe possible Cheney concealment
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says Congress should investigate whether former Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program.
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Durbin says it may have been an illegal act if such a program was hidden from Congress.
The comments by the Illinois Democrat came in response to a New York Times story that the CIA withheld information for eight years on direct orders from Cheney.
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