Sen. John McCain says an independent investigation might be necessary to determine whether the CIA improperly accessed Senate computers.
"It is very disturbing, and we need a thorough and complete investigation, and I'm trying to figure out who would be doing it, because there's allegations of bias on both sides, so we may need some kind of independent investigation," the Arizona Republican said Tuesday, acknowledging that he had yet to gather all the facts.
McCain does not currently serve on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence but has been one of the leading voices of criticism of the CIA over enhanced interrogation tactics. On Tuesday morning, panel chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein publicly accused the CIA of accessing Senate staff computers in a possibly unconstitutional search of documents concerning the agency’s past use of the tactics.
"I know that they concealed information concerning waterboarding - I know that for sure, because I fought with them for several years in my opposition of waterboarding,” McCain told reporters. “We had to pass a law to prohibit it before it would stop.”
McCain acknowledged his past criticism of Brennan, whom he implied leaked details of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
"I have never had a great deal of confidence in Mr. Brennan, because when he was in the White House and the Bin Laden raid, all those details were revealed to the point where Secretary [Bob] Gates in Bob Woodward's book went over and said, 'I've got a new communications strategy for you' to [then-National Security Adviser Tom] Donilon -- and he was talking about Brennan too -- and that was, 'shut the f up,’” he said.
“And so I have no doubt about the politicization of Mr. Brennan," McCain added.
First published March 11 2014, 11:23 AM
"It is very disturbing, and we need a thorough and complete investigation, and I'm trying to figure out who would be doing it, because there's allegations of bias on both sides, so we may need some kind of independent investigation," the Arizona Republican said Tuesday, acknowledging that he had yet to gather all the facts.
McCain does not currently serve on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence but has been one of the leading voices of criticism of the CIA over enhanced interrogation tactics. On Tuesday morning, panel chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein publicly accused the CIA of accessing Senate staff computers in a possibly unconstitutional search of documents concerning the agency’s past use of the tactics.
"I know that they concealed information concerning waterboarding - I know that for sure, because I fought with them for several years in my opposition of waterboarding,” McCain told reporters. “We had to pass a law to prohibit it before it would stop.”
McCain acknowledged his past criticism of Brennan, whom he implied leaked details of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
"I have never had a great deal of confidence in Mr. Brennan, because when he was in the White House and the Bin Laden raid, all those details were revealed to the point where Secretary [Bob] Gates in Bob Woodward's book went over and said, 'I've got a new communications strategy for you' to [then-National Security Adviser Tom] Donilon -- and he was talking about Brennan too -- and that was, 'shut the f up,’” he said.
“And so I have no doubt about the politicization of Mr. Brennan," McCain added.
First published March 11 2014, 11:23 AM
Kasie Hunt
Kasie Hunt has covered politics for NBC News since January 2013. Hunt came to NBC News from The Associated Press, where she served as a national political reporter. As one of the organization’s lead campaign trail reporters, Hunt covered the Republican primary field and nominee Mitt Romney, eventually following the Romney campaign nearly full time from December 2011 through election day.Prior to joining the AP, Hunt covered the 2010 mid-term elections and the emerging GOP presidential primary race as a national political reporter for POLITICO. Earlier, she covered health care, education, and labor policy for National Journal’s CongressDaily, where she closely followed the Affordable Care Act from inception to passage. She began her journalism career as an intern with the NBC News political unit.
Hunt has appeared regularly on numerous television programs, including MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown w ith Chuck Todd,†“NOW with Alex Wagner,†and “Hardball with Chris Matthews,†as well as NBC’s “The Chris Matthews Show.â€
Hunt is a graduate of George Washington University and holds a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Cambridge, where she was a member of St John’s College.
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