Political Quotes

“The first response we received from the Justice Department was their preliminary inquiry did not reveal any of the facts of this article. However, they were going to start an investigation with the Inspector General, and of course when we met with the CIA Director last evening, he confirmed that that investigation had started. We talked to him about our concerns about that investigation. We said that nobody believes that the CIA, first of all, will investigate itself, and he assured us that the Inspector General was independent. We also said to him that attempts in the past had only gotten the kind of response that said we cannot respond because of national security, and we did not want an investigation that would come back telling us that we cannot get information because of national security interests. Third, we said to him we do not want an investigation where you come back with the report under national security interests you can only share with us and not with the public. It is important for it to be shared with the public. We discovered that the CIA Director has the authority to make that public. He also has the authority not to make it public, and this is one thing we are going to have to insist on.”