Unfit to Print: CIA FILE SWIPE
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Today we’re covering the CIA’s alleged seizure of JFK and MKUltra documents, a missing Democratic congresswoman, a progressive prosecutor’s shocking claim during congressional testimony, and a GOP candidate’s ties to a Syrian refugee resettlement group.
CIA FILE SWIPE
The CIA is facing scrutiny after two intelligence community officials confirmed to the Daily Caller that agency officials took JFK assassination and MKUltra documents that were being reviewed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s team for declassification.
The revelation came after CIA whistleblower James Erdmann III testified Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee that the agency “took back 40 boxes of JFK and MKUltra files” and allegedly monitored the computer and phone use of Gabbard’s investigators, who were probing an alleged cover-up of intelligence related to the origins of COVID-19.
Curiously, just minutes after the hearing featuring Erdmann started, the CIA seemed eager to diminish the importance of what he might say.
“The witness testifying today is not appearing as a whistleblower in pursuit of the truth, but instead in response to the subpoena issued by Chairman Paul,” spokeswoman Liz Lyons said. “This proceeding amounts to nothing more than dishonest political theater masquerading as a congressional hearing. As the CIA has already assessed, COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab leak, and efforts to undermine that conclusion are disingenuous.”
Were they trying to turn people’s attention away from the allegations of file swiping?
Some online seized on ODNI spokesperson Olivia Coleman’s denial of a “raid” on Gabbard’s office to suggest the documents were never taken at all. But Coleman was denying the “raid” characterization — not refuting that the files were taken.
NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich reported that the documents were taken from the National Reconnaissance Office last year, during the government shutdown, and have not been returned to ODNI.
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou told Fox News that the CIA cannot overrule the DNI or the president on declassification, while Rep. Anna Paulina Luna threatened to subpoena the agency if the files were not returned to ODNI within 24 hours.
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