Jan Schakowsky

Rep. Schakowsky: Erik Prince Of Blackwater Tried To Intimidate Me

Jillian Rayfield | November 30, 2011, 12:37PM

Jan Schakowsky says that former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince has "attempted intimidation" of her in response to Schakowsky's campaign to reduce U.S. reliance on private military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Topics: Blackwater, Erik Prince, Jan Schakowsky, Xe

CIA

Schakowsky: GOPers Who Slammed Pelosi On CIA Lie Charge Should Apologize

Zachary Roth | October 28, 2009, 6:25PM

A top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee says Republicans who criticized Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA lied to her now owe the Speaker an apology.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who has been helping lead a committee probe into the CIA's process for briefing lawmakers, asserted yesterday that the agency had misled or outright lied to Congress five times since 2001. One of those cases, Schakowsky confirmed, concerned the 2002 torture briefing at which, Pelosi has claimed, she was lied to about waterboarding. Republicans, led by Minority Leader John Boehner, had savaged her for that charge.

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Topics: CIA, Jan Schakowsky, Nancy Pelosi, Torture

CIA

Intel Panel: CIA Misled Lawmakers On Torture, Other Issues

Zachary Roth | October 27, 2009, 5:14PM

The CIA misled Congress about its torture program and other issues, Democrats on the House Intelligence committee are asserting as the committee continues to probe the matter.

In a hearing of the House Intelligence committee this afternoon, Reps. Anna Eshoo and Jan Schakowsky, both Democrats, pointed to at least five instances going back to at least 2001 in which the C.I.A. withheld information from or lied to Congress.

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Topics: Anna Eshoo, CIA, CIA Tapes, Jan Schakowsky, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Torture