Posted on 05/08/2009 1:41:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: I Was Told Interrogation Methods Were Lawful The House speaker's statement came after CIA records showed Pelosi was briefed in September 2002 on the interrogation methods and appeared to contradict her claim last month that she was never told that waterboarding or other enhanced interrogation techniques were being used.
FOXNews.com
Friday, May 08, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Friday that she was briefed only once about the "enhanced" interrogation techniques being used on terrorism suspects and that she was assured by lawyers with the CIA and the Department of Justice that the methods were legal.
Pelosi issued a statement after CIA records released this week showed that Pelosi was briefed in September 2002 on the interrogation methods. The briefings memo appeared to contradict the speaker's claims that she was never told that waterboarding or other enhanced interrogation methods were being used.
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My Johnny Cochran imitation:
If Pelosi is a liar,
this political hack you must fire!
and if she doesn’t releases truth with her spit
Then you must never acquit.
Let's bring it even closer to earth. The fact that your statement is a cause for real concern is itself a pathetic statement about a country that claims to have a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
I'm not ragging on you but there is no reason a self-governing people should ever have to worry about their President or Congress abusing power to the levels we now fear.
In my mind the question isn't whether it is wrong to coerce information out of a barbarian the question is how long are the people of this country going to pass off blame for the government we have on government?
Fat, lazy, ignorant, immoral and stupid is no way for a society to go through life.
AND I'M MOSTLY TALKING TO LIBERALS ... BUT SPINELESS SELFISH RINOs CAN TAKE THEIR SHARE OF THIS SLAP TOO.
I don’t know if Mom learned from me or from life. She’s 81 now and if she thinks you’re getting too snotty with her she will take her river birch walking stick and threaten you good with it. Mostly she’s funny though. She coined the term 0bobblehead. At least she said it before I read it here. lol
LOL
I’m sorry. I hope you understand that I wasn’t going off on you. I just needed to rant a bit about the bigger picture.
“I’m not ragging on you but there is no reason a self-governing people should ever have to worry about their President or Congress abusing power to the levels we now fear.”
If there were no reasons to fear terrible abuses of power by our own government, the founding fathers would never have put in the Bill of Rights. I think they knew better.
“Fat, lazy, ignorant, immoral and stupid is no way for a society to go through life.”
I’m not fat.
ROTFL I'm sorry about that. That really was over the line.
No problem.
Welp, its very simple. Either Pelosi is lying, which is crime, or the military is lying, which would also be a crime.
“What did Pelosi know? And when did she know it?
Should her testimony be under oath, that is.
Thank you. I will tell her she is appreciated and I will enjoy Sunday with her. I don’t get snotty with her, I know better. lol But a couple of years ago she was still selling wood at a campground and she let certain campers know her stick wasn’t just for walking. In an endearing way ... mostly. I know I will miss her greatly when she is gone. I appreciate your kind words.
Even if we did sign an agreement with Iran to treat terrorist prisoners humanely, no terrorist would say that such an agreement applied to them. They would still cut off heads. Saying that we are going to treat prisoners humanely only makes us feel good while the terrorists continue to chop heads. Kind of high cost for that tingle up the leg.
Your first point is moral equivalency. I you see the Nazi's bombing Britain and getting tortured the same as AQ torturing, then you have a lot of analytical work to do. Countries under attack by dictators and terrorists would have the moral high ground for my money.
I don't think it is appropriate to regulate one's behavior toward another based upon "country of origin" or "what he was wearing". Moral concepts seem rigid to me.
...no terrorist would say that such an agreement applied to them. They would still cut off heads.
My behavior is not determined by the misbehavior of another. I make my own way through this issue. I've never been one to follow the croud.
I'm not sure you've read all of my posts. I am all in favor of DECLARING war and wiping those people off the face of the earth. It is the cowardly act of brutalizing people who are bound and hooded that bugs the crap out of me.
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