Posted on 06/05/2009 3:11:31 PM PDT by Jean S
Republicans ignited a firestorm of controversy on Thursday by revealing some of what they had been told at a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing on the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
Democrats immediately blasted the GOP lawmakers for publicly discussing classified information, while Republicans said Democrats are trying to hide the truth that enhanced interrogation of detainees is effective.
GOP members on the Intelligence Committee on Thursday told The Hill in on-the-record interviews that they were informed that the controversial methods have led to information that prevented terrorist attacks.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS
NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES
OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING
Suddenly any reference to classified material is an outrage, it sounds like they said nothing more than others have said about these reports in general.
haha hit em again!
Well they are.
You've got to like that "on the record" part. Strategy-wise it puts a face to what would otherwise be rumors. And it gives the media somebody to go back to when/if Obama starts to argue.
This is "the Cheney strategy" all over again. Beautiful.
It’s about time they started do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Keep up the good work Republican
‘“I wasn’t at the whole hearing,” Reyes said. “As the chairman my view is we need to get the facts about how the enhanced interrogation techniques came about, not just the results.”’
Jerk!
>>This is “the Cheney strategy” all over again. Beautiful. <<
I agree.
Some Rs are getting fed up and used the former VP as an example. Yay!
That uh-bama statement is absolutely disgusting and treasonous!
If the Dims really want to go down this road, I say we throw Rockefeller and Leahy over the side. They’ve both revealed classified intel by the boatloads.
And who was the Senator who actually spoke the name of a covert agent on the Senate floor during debate. Or was that somebody in the House? The case is on the tip of my tongue, but I can’t quite reach it. Who was that?
and what pray tell did miss speaker have to say about this, she had to be shocked, just shocked, I tell ya
treasonous? In what way?
Those in Congress were elected to represent us and protect our country, yet are sitting around playing childish partisan games with an issue as sensitive as this, ought to be tossed out of office.
Either water-boarding worked in gathering intel to prevent attacks, or it didn't. Isn't there one person in Congress willing to tell the truth on this issue and let the partisan chips fall where they may?
Who can trust these people? Any of them!
LOL this is hilarious faux outrage where were they when the NY Times was leaking info to Al-Qaida? Which Democrat was leading the charge, don’t tell me Leaky Leahy himself?
The Rats only release information to the enemy. And of course politicizing national security for political benefit.
The idea that it can be turned on them is shocking.
Don’t get your hopes up. The Repubs always turn to wussies in the end or they get punked by the rats and then go crawling back into their caves where they curl back up into the fetal position once again with their thumbs shoved into their mouths.
Yeah, I’d like to see all, or even just one, of these so-called “conservative” rats elected to congress stand up and speak the truth about this once and for all. If they’re really conservatives and want the best in terms of national security and intel for our efforts against our self-identified enemies, then they need to put up or STFU and get off the ballot.
Yes. The Republican congressmen this article is based on.
OK, I just want to get this straight, hearing something at an intelligence hearing then going out and lying about it is A-OK, because, after all, you are not “revealing” a state secret.
Telling the truth about it, however, is a crime because it is revealing a state secret!
So from now on, whenever something is said at a security briefing, go out and LIE, that way you are not revealing state secrets.
Welcome to Alice in Wonderland.
Tell the RATS to pound sand up their Butts:-) Tell them to stop Lieing about American Security Issues!
Tell them to stop censoring the Documentary: “PATH to 9-11”!
Tell Nancy Pelosi she is going to Prison for Committing Perjury against the CIA!
Tell the Wilsons they are Traitors to America and are going to be Frog Marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Muslim Burhkas to show their Treasonous Ways to all Americans!
Tell Murthat he will be Forced to sit thru a Graduation Class of Our Proud Marines at Paris Island in Chains and dressed in Pink Panties for the Murderous Accusations he made which have been proven False!
Make Dinghy Harry Reid stand in a Mosque in Baghdad and admit that IRAQ is a Success and We Won in spite of His Aid and Assistance to the Muslim Radicals!
Ask Obama why Chavez stated ZERO is far to the Left of Chavez and Castro! These are Despicable Actions of the Enemy Within that Jefferson Warned America about so long ago!
What did they reveal, though?
Specifics? Or did they just say, “Yep. As reported before, we have confirmation that there was intelligence gained as a result of these interrogations.”
Yes, but is that because the news favors Republicans? Or is it that he is just honest and would say the same if it favored the Democrats?
My point is that they -- Republicans and Democrats-- are playing these games with our security, with our lives, like it's football & they want "their team" to win. Their "team" should be the "the US", their country ---"the American people" who elected them -- not their Party!
Frankly, most members of both Parties these days make me sick. They're in it for themselves, each other and their financial campaign sponsors -- not for us and not for America.
And the Democrats have a lot of nerve bitching about “security” after Biden gave away the location of “the VP’s secure location” in case of attack!
Yeah, like we’re expected to just sit back and let the drugs take effect while they take over.
Am I detecting some ‘testicular fortitude’, here? Just a whiff? Don’t tease us, folks. It’s like the boy who cried wolf. Better keep the heat up......to a rolling boil.
Agreed. I currently hate both parties pretty much equally.
Sorry when I hear the words “My point is that they — Republicans and Democrats— are ...” — I zone out. The main problem is the dems. We must encourage those Republicans with spines or get new Republicans on the field. In this article we see we have a few Republicans worth encouraging.
I heard he sailed a swift, boat tour of Vietnam.
All hope was lost once Scooter outed Valerie Plame Super Spy!
Physician, heal thyself.
“The hearing did address the enhanced interrogation techniques that have been much in the news lately,” Kline said, noting that he was intentionally choosing his words carefully in observance of the committee rules and the nature of the information presented.
“Based on what I heard and the documents I have seen, I came away with a very clear impression that we did gather information that did disrupt terrorist plots,” Kline said.
Neither Hoekstra nor Kline revealed details about the specifics of what they were told Thursday or the identity of the briefers.
Nicely played.
It was Kerry, really? I am drawing a blank.
Too many birthdays, I suppose.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-gitmo-myth-and-the-torture-canard-15154
The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard, by ARTHUR HERMAN in June 2009 Commentary Magazine
But it's okay for treasonous Democrats to report falsely about the same hearings.
ML/NJ
I sent e-mail to all of them, praising the ones who were standing against dems, and castigating the rest for not defending our Constitution.
Is that his lesbian daughter in the pix?
GOOD!
They don’t like it when they get hit back though dems can hit below the belt constantly.
Does this mean that the republicans are hanging pelosi out to dry..... ME think sit does!
“Both Schakowsky and Reyes accused GOP members of playing politics with national security.”
The pot calling the kettle black eh?
bit they really didn’t. all they said is that it worked.
It is only contradicting what Obama lied about on the record and tosses Pelosi under the bus.
They arent giving away much at all in reality.
Are the Republicans growing a set? Further, if this strategy works more broadly, as it clearly appears to be, will the Party finally take a cue on how to proceed? Good early indicators...
Boy it’s fun to watch “sensitive” information being made public over the howls of liberals. A few years ago, libs were winning all kinds of media prizes for this.
It WASN’T Scooter Libby, but that deadbeat Richard Armitage that leaked the Valerie Plame business. And Colin Powell was complicit in that he never opened his mouth to tell what he knew was the truth!
The republicans should have “hid the intel in their shoes” then it would have been okay to release it...
Yes except on gays.
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