'Saw Us as Annoyance'

" development today in the back and forth over what the CIA has -- has not. Been telling members of congress about its operations a member of the house intelligence community saying the agency kept a very serious spy program secret. From congress for eight years. Catherine Herridge has more on this story after the DC newsroom -- and I know you just spoke with the congresswoman who is making this very serious allegation right what you say."

" Well on -- has ski told fox a short time ago. That she believes the CIA director Leon Panetta killed at this -- covert program. And did that it was in fact in her opinion deliberately kept hidden from congress for the better part of eight years and -- congresswoman. Is calling for hearings into the matter she essentially says that she believes the CIA has an attitude problem. Let's listen. What I felt when I came to the intelligence committee that the leaders of the intelligence community not all but several of them. Actually -- contemptuous of the congress -- an annoyance. Short time ago I spoke with a senior US intelligence official who is aggressively disputing. Her care tries nation of what happened. He said that this program was on -- off for many years but it never went operational in other words it was never used in practice by the CIA right."

" she is the latest Catherine and a lot of Democrats. Including the speaker of the house herself. Saying that the CIA has misled congress were flat out lot of them over the years but not all Democrats are on board for this -- right."

" Plus correct it's interesting the last week for hours we've seen at least two Democrats were in the House Intelligence Committee come forward. Either by speaking to us or -- newspaper interviews saying they did not sign this letter that was sent to the CIA that led the agency. Had lied to congress because they felt. At the end of the day this was just taking an issue that was really important national security. And over politicizing it and that's an -- step for people on congress today because of course politics. Is what they -- war."

" Of course -- what about Republicans on the committee when there's talk of these hearings that we just heard from the congresswoman what do Republicans saying about that."

" Well to be balanced. In this argument -- struck who's a senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee pointed out. That while the Democrats may be calling court hearings into this covert program there have been zero hearings into the allegations made by the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She says that -- CIA lied to her. About the waterboarding programmer the enhanced interrogation program but -- is essentially saying if you're going to investigate -- you ought to investigate. These very crucial. Allegations by the house speaker all right Catherine Herridge in Washington Catherine thank you very much and --"