Sen. Udall Blasts Torture Cover-Up on Senate Floor: ‘The CIA Is Lying’

Sen. Udall Blasts Torture Cover-Up on Senate Floor: ‘The CIA Is Lying’

ByDeirdre Fulton

In an impassioned speech on the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday morning, outgoing Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.) reiterated his call for the resignation of CIA Director John Brennan and blasted the CIA and the White House for dodging not just accountability, but also the truth. While he acknowledged that the release of the Senate Intelligence…

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CIA Admits It Spied on Congress

ByKyle W. Bell

The Central Intelligence Agency admitted on Thursday to spying on members of Congress and their staff. An internal report from the CIA Inspector General’s Office concluded “that some CIA employees acted in a manner inconsistent with the common understanding reached between SSCI (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence) and the CIA in 2009,” a CIA spokesman…