THIS IS SEGMENT #3 IN THE DRAMA BEING PLAYED OUT BETWEEN THE CIA AND CONGRESS ON THE TORTURE CHARGES

I am willing to bet that there are several democrats that are breathing a secret sigh of relief that the President has now changed his mind on releasing the "torture" photos.

One would have to wonder what is actually going on behind closed doors?

Transparency in action.

politico

DEMOCRATS: CIA IS OUT TO GET US

Dems, including Sen. Carl Levin, charge that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on waterboarding in order to deflect blame away from itself.

Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.

“I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] that people are going to try to shift some of the responsibility to others — that’s what I think,” said Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and was briefed on interrogation techniques five times between 2006 and 2007.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said he finds it “interesting” that a document detailing congressional briefings was released just as “some of the groups that have been responsible for these interrogation techniques were taking the most criticism.”

Asked whether the CIA was seeking political cover by releasing the documents, Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said: “Sure it is.”....

XtnYoda, shalomed ;)