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Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002 (article Dec.9, 2007)
washington post ^ | 12/9/2007 | Joby Warrick and Dan Eggen

Posted on 04/23/2009 2:27:10 PM PDT by tobyhill

In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was given a virtual tour of the CIA's overseas detention sites and the harsh techniques interrogators had devised to try to make their prisoners talk........

With one known exception, no formal objections were raised by the lawmakers briefed about the harsh methods during the two years in which waterboarding was employed, from 2002 to 2003, said Democrats and Republicans with direct knowledge of the matter. The lawmakers who held oversight roles during the period included Pelosi and Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Sens. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), as well as Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.) and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan).

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1 posted on 04/23/2009 2:27:10 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Nancy lied ?


2 posted on 04/23/2009 2:30:52 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: tobyhill

Pelosi apparently didn’t know she was there


3 posted on 04/23/2009 2:31:01 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: tobyhill
"The lawmakers who held oversight roles during the period included Pelosi and Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Sens. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), as well as Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.) and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan)."

Prosecute them!/s

4 posted on 04/23/2009 2:31:23 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: tobyhill

At least Pelosi’s body was there. Her mind is still in question.


5 posted on 04/23/2009 2:33:25 PM PDT by Ben Mugged ("You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom".)
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To: tobyhill

We won’t know whether Nancy lied until a few days from now. Just like with the Harmon incident, she will correct or amend what she said today after contradicting evidence helps her “remember.”


6 posted on 04/23/2009 2:34:31 PM PDT by boroman
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Nancy lied ?

Is a bear catholic? Does the pope go potty in the woods?

7 posted on 04/23/2009 2:35:04 PM PDT by dearolddad
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To: tobyhill

Boy, when the Move On Boys & Girls (and Others) find out about this, they’ll make Nan Tuckit.


8 posted on 04/23/2009 2:44:27 PM PDT by Bertha Fanation
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I hope the Kossacks and Huffers that lurk here catch this one. Paging Nancy Pelosi....


9 posted on 04/23/2009 3:03:57 PM PDT by eureka! (Elections have consequences, boy howdy. *sigh*)
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Sorry, I can't remember the freeper I grabbed this from...

10 posted on 04/23/2009 3:11:34 PM PDT by ~Vor~ (A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Looks that way.

But I hope no one expects her to be held accountable for it. She's a democrat.

We'll have to settle for adding her to our growing list of liberal criminals for whom justice has been indefinitely deferred.

11 posted on 04/23/2009 3:15:36 PM PDT by skeeter
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. . . four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody

This was shortly after almost 3,000 people were concrete and steel-boarded to death -- and now these stooges of moron-dot-org could not care less about the dead and maimed.

Forget expecting the Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party) ever caring about any attack on America.. except for "extremist right wingers" criticizing the "America" that the Rats want.

12 posted on 04/23/2009 3:24:52 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: ChicagahAl

Especially Roberts he has recommended a vote of confidence for K.S. for HHS. He’s a RINO!!!!!


13 posted on 04/23/2009 6:34:39 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
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