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Pelosi Knew about Waterboarding from the Start ( Liar, liar... )
humanevents.com ^ | 05/07/2009 | Jed Babbin

Posted on 05/07/2009 4:23:47 PM PDT by kellynla

She knew from the beginning. According to a CIA document compiled by the Director of National Intelligence summarizing briefings to Congress on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorist detainees, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) knew from the very beginning that those techniques -- including waterboarding -- were being used on September 2, 2002.

According to the memo the very first briefing listed is 9/4/02 with then Rep. Porter Goss & Pelosi. The summary of the briefing says:

“Briefing on EITs including use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah, background on authorities, and a description of the particular EITs that had been employed.”

This directly contradicts Pelosi’s story, that “we were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used.”

As HUMAN EVENTS reported earlier, Pelosi - by objecting to the use of the enhanced interrogation techniques - could have stopped them but didn't.

Pelosi's misstatements were apparently intended to divert attention from her and other Democrats in Congress who knew of all the enhanced interrogation methods -- in detail -- apparently as soon as they were being used.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: 111th; babbin; bho44; cia; congress; demlies; democratcongress; democrats; eit; formom; islamicterrorism; pelosi; waterboarding; wot
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1 posted on 05/07/2009 4:23:47 PM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla

Slapdown on stretchy-P


2 posted on 05/07/2009 4:25:41 PM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: kellynla

Go figure...


3 posted on 05/07/2009 4:25:44 PM PDT by GlennBeck08
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To: kellynla

EIT can’t be much worse than all the plastic surgery and Botox treatments.


4 posted on 05/07/2009 4:26:31 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: kellynla

This witch will claim it’s a Republican conspiracy and that documents have been altered. She’ll find a way to pin it on Bush, guaranteed.


5 posted on 05/07/2009 4:26:50 PM PDT by NoobRep
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To: xcamel

What a lying piece of plastic


6 posted on 05/07/2009 4:27:14 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: kellynla

We should call for her resignation.


7 posted on 05/07/2009 4:28:46 PM PDT by Calm_Cool_and_Elected (So many books, so little time!)
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To: Calm_Cool_and_Elected

Yes, Republicans should call for her resignation...she is a liar and slanderer.

She lied about GWB daily for years.


8 posted on 05/07/2009 4:31:35 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: kellynla

We knew she lied and there it is in black and white. She’ll still lie!


9 posted on 05/07/2009 4:31:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: NoobRep

When she heard about waterboarding, she thought it was surfing. She’s from California. It was just an innocent misunderstanding.


10 posted on 05/07/2009 4:36:48 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: kellynla
I am not clear on what prompted this memo to be released, but, one possible reason is payback to the Dems for driving that bus over the boys at Langley.
11 posted on 05/07/2009 4:37:00 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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To: kellynla
You have to parse Nanzi Pelosi's words very carefully.

She said they weren't told that the techniques WOULD be used.

Based on this document, it appears she was told they HAD been used.

That's all the wiggle room she needs.

12 posted on 05/07/2009 4:38:44 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Michael.SF.

” payback to the Dems for driving that bus over the boys at Langley.”

I think you’ve nailed it.


13 posted on 05/07/2009 4:44:51 PM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: whinecountry

Yep and I think we can count on a steady drip drip drip of info going into the 2010 election that will make the rats look just like a bunch of rats!


14 posted on 05/07/2009 4:47:41 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Texas Eagle

Like Bill Clinton, talking about Lewinsky, saying “There IS no sex.” Technically, unless Monica was under the desk at exactly the moment Clinton gave his answer, then he was telling the truth. In his mind, anyway.


15 posted on 05/07/2009 4:47:43 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Kenya tell me where Obama was born?)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Zackly. RATS are slipperier than eels.

No offense, eels.

16 posted on 05/07/2009 4:50:51 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: kellynla

Saw it on Fox this afternoon. Still waiting for Drudge to post it. Should I hold my breath?


17 posted on 05/07/2009 4:51:18 PM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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“Still waiting for Drudge to post it?”

I’ve been beating Drudge lately...in fact I think he’s been watching my threads. LOL


18 posted on 05/07/2009 4:53:19 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
We knew that but now we have the absolute proof.

Please ask the moderator to put this in the breaking news section where it belongs. Thank you.

19 posted on 05/07/2009 4:54:47 PM PDT by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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To: jazusamo
Yep, she'll lie, and laugh at us at the same time, because it just ain't illegal for a congressnake to lie, as you, me, and all the heroes we support know.

I think we should put them in stocks - GM, right after they do their 610 million to 62 billion split.

20 posted on 05/07/2009 5:10:40 PM PDT by 4woodenboats (Obama Voodoo economics - Thuggery, sleight of hand, temper tantrums & sacrificing OUR dreams.)
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