CIA Director Leon Panetta Hits Back At Pelosi: "It Is Not Our Policy Or Practice To Mislead Congress."

Politico reports that Leon Panetta wrote a note that was sent to reporters via the CIA press office. Here's the key graph:

Let me be clear: It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values. As the Agency indicated previously in response to Congressional inquiries, our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing “the enhanced techniques that had been employed.” Ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate all the evidence and reach its own conclusions about what happened.
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