Pelosi and the CIA - it just keeps getting better and better
Whomever at the CIA is releasing this stuff -
Thank You!
From the
Washington Post:
Top Pelosi Aide Learned Of Waterboarding in 2003
A top aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended a CIA briefing in early 2003 in which it was made clear that waterboarding and other harsh techniques were being used in the interrogation of an alleged al-Qaeda operative, according to documents the CIA released to Congress on Thursday.
Pelosi has insisted that she was not directly briefed by Bush administration officials that the practice was being actively employed. But Michael Sheehy, a top Pelosi aide, was present for a classified briefing that included Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), then the ranking minority member of the House intelligence committee, at which agency officials discussed the use of waterboarding on terrorism suspect Abu Zubaida.
A Democratic source acknowledged yesterday that it is almost certain that Pelosi would have learned about the use of waterboarding from Sheehy. Pelosi herself acknowledged in a December 2007 statement that she was aware that Harman had learned of the waterboarding and had objected in a letter to the CIA's top counsel.
The article goes on in some detail to quote Pelosi on various dates and her quotes are all over the map. She is lying through her teeth and I hope that her constituents remember this when she is up for re-election.
Posted by DaveH at May 9, 2009 9:42 AM
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