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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Someone on Fox this morning said the incoming is coming from CIA and it won’t be pretty that they are very upset at how they have been scapegoated and when the CIA takes heat they give it back in spades.
“In that or any other briefing...we were not, and I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation techniques were used,” said Pelosi. “What they did tell us is that they had some legislative counsel...opinions that they could be used, but not that they would.”
Keywords “any other briefing” indicating there was more than one.
Yes, but how long has it been?
She was in at the earliest briefing. That is a fact.
My priorities are straight: Good morals and humane treatment. I answer to God first.
I’m sure she had unofficial briefings being she was the first to have an official briefing.
It all depends on one's definition of "hear."
I've been listening to my husband for 27 years but do I hear him? hmmmmmmm....
Ultimately, we must answer to God, even the folks in the CIA. Moral decay, regardless of which agency stoops to it, is still wrong.
That incident does not warrant torture. The job of protecting our Nation can be done very well without acting stooping to the tactics of our enemies.
The tatctics of our enemies? I have seen no rusty blades on our side.
It would be morally wrong, in my judgment , for the government to not do all it can to protect the people.
It is FACT that accurate information can be extracted without torture. There are those who torture because they enjoy it. Then they pretend it is necessary because they are unable to cope with the responsibilities that come with moral standards..
Neither.
It would be morally wrong, in my judgment , for the government to not do all it can to protect the people.
There are other ways of obtaining the necessary information.
Yep.
Yep
Well my friend, we agree to disagree. Dunking folks heads in water to get information to save lives is absolutely justifiable and morally correct. If waterboarding could have stopped 9/11 we should have done it years ago.
This is so wrong.
The democrats have been campaigning and shouting ever since 9-11 that whatever Bush did with respect to 9-11, whatever we did, was wrong. Right down to chastising US citizens that showed patriotism.
The MSM carried the water. The MSM, Hollywood, entertainment community - the millionaires- carried the lies in their faithful democrat buckets.
Now we find out that the democrats, the lawmaker democrats in key positions of leadership and security, were playing POLITICS instead of doing what they have sworn to do: Protect the citizens, follow the constitution.
This is a key point that needs to be raised at the TEA PARTIES: Nation first, dannnit, politics second. All of you CAREER politicians.
This Pelosi, just the tip of the iceburg, is such an insult to the US citizens and taxpayers. Such a shameful insult.
We must wake up to the fact that the media and our lack of vigilance as a citizenry has allowed the very worst people in our nation to politic their way to the top.
I speak of Edwards, Clinton, Pelosi, Frank, Kilpatrick...Have we come this far to only put forward egostistical, thick-skinned thugs in office??!!
Have we come so far that professional protestors can work with the media to sway the nation and its path?
Do we pay these politicians a salary, but worse an enormous pension to spend time just playing nasty little games??!!!
you have failed the test, Pelosi.
Shame on you.
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