CIA Director John Brennan apologized for incident involving intelligence panel . Senators on the committee have indicated the report is critical of the CIA 's treatment of terrorism suspects saying it amounted to torture , something CIA officials have denied . Allegations involved spying on staff members working on a report on CIA activities . The Justice Department probed the incident briefly , but dropped the charges . But the CIA inspector general found some problems for which Brennan apologized .
CIA Director John Brennan apologized for incident involving intelligence panel . Allegations involved spying on staff members working on a report on CIA activities . The Justice Department probed the incident briefly , but dropped the charges . But the CIA inspector general found some problems for which Brennan apologized .