central intelligence agency

Stephen Carter has a new thriller called Jericho's Fall. Linda Wertheimer talks to him about the basis for his tale of spies, official secrecy and financial fraud.

The story centers on a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and his leverage against the other players in his shadowy world.

This is Carter's fourth novel but his first spy thriller.

Not that it’s a surprise, but are we at the point now where we start talking seriously about prosecutions?

Because it’s apparent that Cheney directed the C.I.A. to break the law by concealing information and if the guy can get away with anything as long as it was done for national security reasons, well, what kind of precedent does that set?

WHAT????!!!!

From NY Times:

WASHINGTON — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon E.

Panetta, has told the House Intelligence Committee in closed-door testimony that the C.I.A. concealed “significant actions” from Congress from 2001 until late last month, seven Democratic committee members said.

The Central Intelligence Agency in recent years has taken on new assignments such as monitoring rogue regimes and tracking terrorists.

The agency has another mission: analyzing the global economy. Intelligence officials say the global financial crisis has emerged as the top U.S. security threat.

And to help figure it out, the CIA is recruiting Wall Street bankers.

The 62-year-old Central Intelligence Agency has been accountable to Congress only for the last half of its existence, beginning with the 1975 Church Committee.

How the CIA has conducted itself in the past 34 years has continually landed the agency in the limelight.

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