Bush Allies in Congress Keep Prisons Secret

By Mark Mazzetti, New York Times

The Bush administration’s allies in Congress on Monday blocked a bill that would require the White House to disclose the locations of secret prisons run by the Central Intelligence Agency and to reveal the amount spent annually by American intelligence agencies.

The vote on the intelligence bill was a blow to Senate Democrats, newly in control of Congress, who had hoped that they would be able to extract more details from the White House about some of the most widely debated intelligence programs begun after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Opponents of the legislation, led by Senator Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, won enough support on Monday to prevent the bill from going to the Senate floor for a final vote. But Congressional officials said that negotiations over the measure would continue Tuesday, and Democrats said they were still hopeful the bill could eventually pass.

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  1. Well do criminals or their accomplices ever reveal info that would incriminate or expose them. i guess the solution isnt simply to impeach Bush and company, but we need to hold the entire congress accountable for their crimes. why wouldnt they want to expose this info? because it would show that the U.S.A. is very guilty of some horrible crimes!!!

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