<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/534f9162-71f9-4de7-8ca8-fa3d8676b7c5/E7054EFD-B746-4A77-BE03-1DB67A91933C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/us/politics/12intel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=igw#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/us/politics/12intel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=igw#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/us/politics/12intel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=igw#">The <A title="More articles about the Central Intelligence Agency." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/central_intelligence_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Central Intelligence Agency</A> withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President <A title="More articles about Dick Cheney." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/dick_cheney/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Dick Cheney</A>, the agency’s director, <A title="More articles about Leon E. 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