Posted on 04/23/2009 1:50:30 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: I didn't know about waterboarding
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing back on GOP charges that she knew about waterboarding for years and did nothing.
Pelosi says she was briefed by Bush administration officials on the legal justification for using waterboarding — but that they never followed through on promises to inform her when they actually began using "enhanced" interrogation techniques
"In that or any other briefing…we were not, and I repeat, we're not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation techniques were used. What they did tell us is that they had some legislative counsel ... opinions that they could be used," she told reporters today.
Earlier, House Minority Leader John Boehner (D-Ohio) criticized Pelosi and other Democratic leaders for backing probes into the use of waterboarding — after failing to raise objections during briefings on its potential use.
"Well, yesterday I saw a partial list of the number of members of the House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans, who were briefed on these interrogation methods and not a word was raised at the time, not one word," Boehner told reporters at his weekly news availability.
"And I think you're going to hear more and more about the bigger picture here, that what — the war on terror after 9/11 was done in a bipartisan basis on lots of fronts. And that bigger story will be coming out," he added.
Pelosi says members who receive classified intelligence briefings are powerless to act on them — or even discuss them with staff.
As a consequence, some members simply skip the meetings, so they aren't "hamstrung" by confidentiality requirements.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Nancy is not a Senator. She might want to be, but right now she's in the House. Let's figure out a way to get her back on the streets.
Don’t think there was an executive order to allow it. Just the congressional meetings that Pelosi was a part of. If there isn’t a law that says something is illegal, by default it is legal.
Back in ‘08 there was a budget bill that also included making waterboarding illegal. President Bush vetoed it in part due to the waterboarding clause.
What was that old line from "Crimson Tide"..."You don't put on a (contraceptive) unless you gonna (you get the idea)!"
Oh to be a leftist and carefree... /s tag not realllly needed but I will put it there anyway
So, she figures she can just lie her wrinkled ass off and it's her word against the truth tellers.
She sees it as a win-win for herself.
For whatever reason, I have no trouble believing Nancy Friggin Pelosi when she says she didn't know sh*t.
“As a consequence, some members simply skip the meetings, so they aren’t “hamstrung” by confidentiality requirements.”
I’d like to see the attendance lists for these briefings. I wanna know which jerks didn’t show up to do their jobs, be they Pubbies or wimpocrats!
The link is from newspaper in the middle east. I have heard they have a pretty good spy system. Then again this whole thing may be a part of the public record. You know, Congressional records? But hey, what do I know? I wasn't there and if Nancy Pelosi says she wasn't there, I could just take her word for it. Or we could start prosecuting all those in the Bush years who knew about certain aspects of the "Hazing", "Bathing" or whatever they want to call it. Of course, that would necessarily mean we would have to go after those who were in collusion. Hmmmm... Who could that be? Oh, that is right, Congress. They have the responsibility of and have exercised "Oversight" and "Authorization". Well, that is too bad. Guess we won't be hearing about this after next week. Certainly, this story will die by the next 3 day holiday. Sad. We are safe.
The Devil will spurn this POS when she is ushered to His Gate at the end of her cretan life.
Hey they are quibling over semantics. So okay, Nancy is a Congress Woman.
If they know they are already going to be gnashing their teeth while burning in the deepest parts of hell for all of eternity, what’s one more lie?
Enjoy the weather you c***
You bet she is lying.
I can’t see Pelosi not wanting to be first in line knowing about everything.
Bugeyes Piglousy wants the Executive Jets, the Status Bodyguards, and to pretend she is third in command when only 149,000 miserable San francisco Liberal Freaks voted for her and she wants none of the responsibility for OUR SAFETY and SECURITY! BUGS is a clone of ZERO HUSSEIN!
SEE No RESPONSIBILITY, HEAR NOTHING!, SAY BULL CRAP!
By god the demoncrats have an answer for everything,
I didn’t know, I did know but I didn’t know that, I knew
that but they never told me they were actually doing that,
if I had known they were doing it, but I didn’t think they
actually would do it, the white house dog ate my intelligence homework, etc.
Sorry if you took offense. Have a good day.
There are no words strong enough to express my loathing for San Fran Nan, nor any of the other national socialist brethren.
Isn’t she being paid to know such things?
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