Video Lunch: Real News: Cheney Told CIA to Hide Plan

From the Real News Network: The CIA concealed a secret American counterterrorism programme from Congress for eight years on direct orders from the former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, according to reports. Watch Sally Gould's report. The New York Times claims the current head of the CIA, Leon Panetta, revealed the information to two Congressional intelligence committees last month. Panetta, who was named to head the agency earlier this year by President Barack Obama, ended the program, which remains secret, when he first learned of its existence from subordinates on June 23. There's been no comment from Mr Cheney. When asked about the Times report, CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said it was not the agency's practice to discuss classified briefings. "When a CIA unit brought this matter to Director Panetta's attention, it was with the recommendation that it be shared appropriately with Congress.