Accusations pile up over Panetta CIA briefing

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The ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, Republican Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, said he does not believe Central Intelligence Director Leon Panetta admitted to the panel that the spy agency had been lying to Congress, as Democrats are now claiming.

Hoekstra said he was in the room when Panetta briefed the members of the committee.

“I don’t think Leon came in and said that,” Hoekstra said.

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