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House lays groundwork for CIA probe

WASHINGTON – The House Intelligence Committee has asked the CIA to provide documents about the now-canceled program to target al-Qaida leaders, U.S. congressional officials said Tuesday

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AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program (AP)

AP – Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

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Relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers (AP)

AP – A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots.

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Iran readies package to offer West (Reuters)

Reuters – Iran is preparing a new package of “political, security and international” issues to put to the West, its foreign minister said on Saturday.

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Cheney told CIA to withhold information: report (Reuters)

Reuters – The CIA withheld information about a secret counter-terrorism program from Congress for eight years on orders from former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, the New York Times said on Saturday.

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