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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by pm90 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:11AM (#24516987)
The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny” but they can’t knowingly tell a lie.
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by jaywalk on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:14AM (#24517030)
They can and they have. Let's not pretend we live in fantasy land.
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by ardy42 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:20AM (#24517095)
>> The CIA cannot lie to US legislators without committing a federal crime. They can choose not to disclose information to the public and “neither confirm nor deny” but they can’t knowingly tell a lie.

> They can and they have. Let's not pretend we live in fantasy land.

He didn't say they're incapable of lying to Congress, just that it's illegal for them to lie Congress. By the GP's statement, if they lied then they also broke the law.

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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by primroot on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:28AM (#24517194)
They can "not understand the question." https://apnews.com/33a88feb083ea35515de3c73e3d854ad
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by cies on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:15AM (#24517042)
So we just need to find one case they did to falsify this claim. And to do so we need whistle blowers. There are serious problems with intelligence agencies in democracies.
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by jessaustin on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:28AM (#24517191)
Whistleblowers not actually required: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XylBrECV7Wc
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Re:Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for... by 34679 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:23AM (#24517134)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/31/cia-di...

Not this claim, but a recent example of the CIA lying to Congress with impunity.

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