Roll Call:
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Intelligence Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, said Wednesday that she will hold hearings in September to learn why the CIA misled Congress about a secret counterterrorism program.
Schakowsky said she has been working on a draft document outlining issues that she wants to cover and is awaiting documents from the CIA, which may come in as soon as this week. From there, Schakowsky said, she will put together a potential witness list, which may include former Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I want to move quickly,” Schakowsky said. While most hearings have to be closed, she said she “definitely” wants public hearings, too.
Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) is still mapping out the full committee’s plan since learning of the program last month, when CIA Director Leon Panetta told the panel that his agency has concealed information and misled lawmakers since 2001.
It will be interesting if Cheney is called to testify. Cheney will try everything to get out of testifying even use the "Bush gave me Executive Privilege" or "National Security risk." We shall see what unfolds...
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