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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.
How could anyone believe Pelosi on anything? She lies in each sentence for her agenda.
From Bankruptcy is not a option for GM to now, Bush should have forced them into bankruptcy.
500 million a month lose jobs, blah,blah!
Taxpayers paying for abortion helps states.
Oh, I don’t have stocks with T Boone clen energy. My husband does. That makes it okay I block drilling and tax energy companies to help T Boone defraud the public.
We need a list started. This woman is not bright enough to be on Intel anything. Pelosi is torture.
She didn’t say she was one who skipped the meetings. It’s apparent from Boehner’s words that she’s on a list of people who were told about waterboarding possibly being used. Pelosi is such a hypocrite. And this is all political posturing anyway. But why?
Bring our troops home!
She wanted to keep water-boarding in the hope of one day using it on political dissidents.
Yes you did, no i didnt, yes you did...no i didnt....yes you did did did did....no I DIDNT..WHOOPS FACE POPPED!
SORRY NANC
There...fixed it.
...Another distraction that they hope the apathetic, docile, bovine masses will forget...
...THEY ARE WRONG!!! Forgive, but not forget...
BOLLOCKS!!!!!! She looked like a deer in the headlights and was gesticulating wildly in that presser! YOUR’RE a LIAR, NANCY PELOSI! So is ‘Digger O’Dell’ Reid.
Nancy you are, and I repeat are, a belligerent, cold-blooded, bald-faced liar.
Her stupidity is only exceeded by her pride.
why won’t any ONE dem just admit they made a mistake instead of lying through their foul mouths? Just admit it - the ramifications would not be as bad as lying.
of course Pelosi is lying, her lips are moving
She was lying when she said “no not about the secret memos”. I’m sure of it. Looked away and hard blinked while answering, but had the usual crazy wide eyed look on everything else.
Correction: She wanted to sit in on those meetings, in case we were hit again. “I supported strong measures to protect Americans [yadda-blah]....”
A nice CYA effort - probably didn’t expect it would backfire on her...
These idiots have no principles, it’s all about planting a “Plan B”, for future harvesting ... as-needed.
LIAR! She is truly an embarrassment to America.
How wonderful that this issue has taken this turn.
That might not even be necessary. Democrats can change history any time they please.
I'm SO sure!
Liar, liar, pants (or skirt) on fire!
No... I mean... extracting such a minuscule amount of something... That’s gonna be hard. Assuming that truth still exists in there to begin with. (But don’t crush that dwarf!)
“Pelosi: I didn’t know about waterboarding”
I think it’s time someone introduce her to it then...
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