Posted on 05/16/2009 9:27:29 AM PDT by xtinct
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has backed down slightly in her fight with the CIA, saying that she really meant only to criticize the Bush administration rather than career officials.
"My criticism of the manner in which the Bush Administration did not appropriately inform Congress is separate from my respect for those in the intelligence community who work to keep our country safe," Pelosi said in a statement.
Pelosi caused an uproar Thursday when she accused the CIA of lying to her about its use of waterboarding – which she considers torture – on terrorism suspects.
Her comment came after President Obama's CIA director, Leon Panetta, challenged her version of events, insisting that his agency told her the truth in a controversial September 2002 briefing.
Panetta, who served with Pelosi in Congress as a fellow California Democrat, had issued a memo to CIA staff Friday reiterating that agency records show "CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing 'the enhanced techniques that had been employed,'" according to CIA records.
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Nancypants didn’t have a problem with the CIA when they leaked the Valerie Plame crap to punish Bush.
Where’s that picture of Nazi Pelosi with her pants on fire?
Ahhhhhh! back on message! “Bush did it!”
Wait... didn’t she CLEARLY say “YES” when asked if the CIA was lying to her?
Too stupid to even remember the first rule exiting a ditch: stop digging.
Get ready to make room under the bus that contains obama’s relatives and friends.
Say “goodnight” Nancy....one does not ever win a battle with the CIA, because they know what socks you put on this morning. Pelosi is history, just watch the next few months as “leaks” emerge, and her own party allows her to disintegrate.
How long will the dims put up with her?
I think she is showing signs of dementia.
True, the local radio station here said “Can she even form a sentence”?
Amazing how people can’t see these frauds for what they are until a ‘crisis’ brings this out for anyone and everyone to see.
Yes.
When all else fails, resort to the tried and true moonbat mantra: “Bush’s Fault”.
She’s on video and audio saying the CIA deliberately misled Congress. Now she’s saying we didn’t see or hear that? If that’s the best she’s got...
OR... Maybe she needs to stay and keep bleating away and keep representing the DEMON party for what it is, eh?
Congress is in a “special appropriations” session for the purpose of getting Nancy a newer, bigger shovel. She almost reached China by now.
Sorry there Nancy. Too much evidence to the contrary.
What we need now is a GOP leadership with the guts to spring the trap!
Nan is flip-flopping like a fish out of water. She is gasping and grasping. I predict this coming week will prove interesting for our Nan.
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