Serious Allegations

" But Washington -- there allegations first made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi that members of the intelligence community have lied to members of congress. Have resurfaced. And this time the current head of the CIA is being dragged into it correspondent James Rosen has the story."

" The fact is is that there. That that there is a briefing list of serious concern to members of the committee and they have their course of action. To deal with it."

" And that course of action for seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee was to send a scathing letter on June 26 to CIA director Leon Panetta calling on Panetta to retract his statement in May that it is neither the practice -- the policy of CIA to mislead the congress. The seven lawmakers cited a closed door briefing Panetta gave the house intelligence committee on June 24. Recently the letter -- you to testify that you have determined that top CIA officials have concealed significant actions from all members of congress and misled members for a number of years from 2001 to this week. Our national security security it was about the most serious thing but we -- here on Capitol Hill this -- and it shouldn't be politicized. On Tuesday chairman Reyes sent his own letter to the committee's ranking Republican alleging on the basis of the -- briefing and other unspecified evidence that the panel had been quote affirmatively lied to committee Republicans accuse the Democrats of misrepresenting. That is briefing. And said Panetta himself feels this way Leon is disputing both the description of the care that his characterization. Part of what he told the committee on June 24 what the disclosure of."

" Director Panetta was. Was that eight program begun an -- one and not previously being briefed and now terminated was being briefed to the committee. Now the if you look at that carefully there's no lie. And there's no cover up it wasn't briefed."

" Sources tell Fox News the program disclosed in -- briefing had nothing to do with -- interrogation techniques but the democrats' latest charges resurrected the controversy that erupted in May when speaker Pelosi claimed CIA misled her about the agency's use of waterboarding during interrogations. In response Panetta on May fifteenth issued his flat denial that Langley mislead the congress the very words some Democrats are now demanding he retract Pelosi herself said she's barely spoken to Panetta since January and."

" Or -- I had maybe one briefing from him earlier when it could be two I don't know but not recently. The house was supposed to vote today on any intelligence authorization bill that -- has now been delayed. The measure contains one provision put forward by the Democrats but has the White House threatening to veto the bill. That provision would force the executive branch and the intelligence agencies when they read these house and Senate Intelligence Committees to brief the entire membership of the committee. Not just its leader. James Rosen live on the hill the."