Will no one rid me of this troublesome woman
A misquote (actually: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" from H8) but the Schadenfreude is delightful. Again, mad props to whomever at the CIA is authorizing the release. There are some government agency's that you most definitely do not want to fuck with -- yes Nancy, they are bigger than you are.
From the
Washington Post:
CIA Chief Rebuts Pelosi's Charges
CIA Director Leon Panetta yesterday rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that the agency misled her about its use of coercive interrogation methods, escalating a controversy that has dogged the speaker for weeks and intensifying a debate over Bush administration policies that the Obama administration has tried to avoid.
From
Victor Davis Hanson:
Yes, Nancy, There Really Is a God Nemesis
There is an odd sense among Democrats that nemesis simply does not exist.
A once-vein-bulging Al Gore who barnstormed the country slurring President Bush by calling him a liar now seems baffled about the precedent he set of a vice president (albeit now much more politely in the case of Cheney) questioning the policy of the current president.
A Nancy Pelosi, hellbent on releasing once-classified memos for partisan advantage, and eager to begin 'Truth" hearings, suddenly believes such an inquisition will not apply to herself, despite the fact that she, like so many Democrats from Senator Schumer to Senator Rockefeller, in that dark period in 2001, spoke of the need for, or was complicit in, approving enhanced interrogation techniques.
Then the president himself, who jump-started his campaign in Iraq's crisis year by slamming the commander-in-chief on renditions, military tribunals, email and phone intercepts, Predator drone attacks, and Iraq, now suddenly wishes to explain the nuances and complexities of these policies and why he will continue the Bush protocols � apparently oblivious to the hypocrisy involved with his own prior self-interested stridency. These examples could be easily augmented.
Μολὼν λαβέ motherfsckers...
Posted by DaveH at May 16, 2009 7:16 AM