CIA got Cheney's request today
Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:21 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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Republicans, Andrea Mitchell
From NBC's Andrea Mitchell
The
Cheney transition office says that the former VP made the request to the National Archives to declassify the CIA documents on March 31st, and the Archives confirmed on April 8th that they had forwarded the request to the relevant agencies. The Archives are the agency that former VPs contact for such matters.
Earlier today, senior intelligence officials told NBC News they have not yet received any request.
Tonight, an intelligence official said, "These things take time," and as of their latest check, it had not reached the agency.
But later, senior intelligence officials said they had checked again, at NBC’s request, after hearing from the Cheney transition office and the request from the former vice president to the National Archives for declassification "made its way to the agency" Tuesday afternoon.
That contradicts what the Archives told the Cheney office, which is that they forwarded the request on April 8th, more than a week after it was received from the former vice president’s office. (Click for more on this story on msnbc.com.)