Dick Cheney, the CIA and the 'Family Jewels'
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The CIA has released "the Family Jewels," agents' reports on 25 years of illegal activities ending in 1974. CIA Director, General Michael Hayden, says it reveals "a very different time and a very different agency." How different is the CIA now, with Dick Cheney holding the intelligence portfolio for President Bush? Also, President Bush predicts success for a new immigration bill and, on Reporter's Notebook, it's been 22 months since Katrina. New Orleans finally has a recovery plan which could free up federal money. But there's no insurance.
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- Kathy Kiely: Reporter for USA Today
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The CIA Then and Now, and the Role of Dick Cheney ()
Today, the CIA released 693 pages of reports about 25 years of illegal activities during the 1950's, 60's and 70's, a report nick-named "Family Jewels." It tells of illegal wiretaps and domestic surveillance, assassination plots and human experimentation. CIA Director, General Michael Hayden, calls it, "a glimpse of a very different time and a very different Agency." What are the differences -- and similarities -- between then and now, with Dick Cheney the President's "go-to guy" on intelligence?
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- Bart Gellman: Staff writer for the Washington Post, @bartongellman
- John Prados: Senior Fellow at the National Security Archive
- Melvin A. Goodman: Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy
- Reuel Marc Gerecht: Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, @followFDD
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Reporter's Notebook
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- Terry O'Connor: Editor-in-Chief of New Orleans CityBusiness magazine
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