House Intelligence Chair Accuses CIA of Lying to Committee

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, accused the CIA of lying to the Congressional panel, according to reports on Thursday.

The accusation is the second time in less than two months that a top House Democrat has charged Central Intelligence Agency of intentionally misleading Congress.

Reyes wrote a letter to House leadership on Tuesday, stating that CIA officials "affirmatively lied" to the intelligence committee when recently notifying the panel about a classified matter. Reyes wrote that this incident was yet another instance in which the intelligence agency did not fully disclose information about a classified situation.

His complaint echoed charges by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who on May 14 said the agency intentionally misled her in a 2002 briefing on interrogation techniques used against alleged terrorist detainees.

Reyes’ letter, which was first reported yesterday by Congressional Quarterly, was sent to Pelosi, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-OH) and Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking Republican on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Reyes did not elaborate about the situation due to its classified information.

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