Assassination why Cheney hid CIA secret program?

The Guardian claims that one big of the top secret CIA program former Vice President Dick Cheney kept hidden from Congress was not new, controversial means of gathering intelligence, but was assassinating al-Qaeda operatives in friendly countries.

The CIA apparently did not put the plan in to operation but the US military did, carrying out several assassinations including one in Kenya that proved to be a severe embarrassment and helped lead to the quashing of the programme.

But, as several commenters note, it has to be more than that, as far as what Cheney wanted hidden. Although, the cooperation with Mossad – if the U.S. ever had a hit on, say, Saudi soil with Mossad cooperation, THAT would be hugely controversial.

Oh, and whether it’s that bad or not, the assassination program has raised a ruckus on the Hill.

And now, Liz Cheney now doesn’t want to talk about her hitman Daddy.

Specifically, she doesn’t want to talk about Uncle Fester Che Ney’s being the Mafia hitman mastermind of a CIA assassination program.

"This is a classified program and he doesn't talk about classified programs.”

Uhh, Ms. GOP Junior Lawbreaker, it’s the law for him to talk to at least the “Gang of Eight” about even such programs. Nice try, biatch.