CIA's screwup
The CIA inspector general released a report today showing that the agency was reckless in how it managed a drug-interdiction program with the government of Peru.
The CIA repeatedly misled Congress and the Justice Department in their investigations of the 2001 shoot-down of a Peruvian plane carrying U.S. missionaries, according to findings of an internal CIA probe released today by congressional officials.
The agency's inspector general concluded that CIA officers in Peru consistently ignored rules of engagement in connection with the downing of at least 10 aircraft suspected of carrying narcotics over the South American country. Yet, CIA managers covered up the problems and knowingly gave false accounts to government officials investigating whether agency employees committed crimes.
Excerpts of the inspector general's report were released by Rep. Peter Hoekstra (Mich.), the ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee. He called today for a new criminal inquiry, as well as congressional hearings, into what he described as a "startling" attempted coverup by the spy agency.
The two Americans killed in the incident were Veronica "Roni" Bowers and her 7-month-old daughter Charity.
For the record, it was after this incident that "comedian" Bill Maher on his show "Politically Incorrect" repeatedly stated that the two "got what they deserved."
This is why, should I ever meet Mr. Maher face-to-face, I'm going to bloody his nose. And there's an added benefit that Maher will feel the pain for quite awhile -- he thinks aspirin is poison.
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The CIA has concluded that agency officials deliberately lied to Congress, the White House and federal prosecutors about the 2001 downing of a plane carrying U.S. missionaries in Peru. It was so tragic that Roni Bower and her infant daughter were killed. Bill Maher, being his usual disgusting self, commented that "they got what they deserved." I can only hope that I'm around to see him and his filthy-mouthed, liberal illuminatis get what's coming to them in this life. In particular, when it comes time for Maher to leave this earth, he won't have to worry about bargaining with God. He won't have time--his punishment will be swift and sure.