Posted on 05/14/2009 8:41:39 AM PDT by jessduntno
Pelosi: Bush briefers lied to me
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Bush administration told her explicitly they weren't using waterboarding on terror detainees during a Sept. 2002 briefing on interrogation tactics -- months after they had begun waterboarding Abu Zabaydah.
Pelosi also called on CIA director Leon Panetta to release full details on her briefing -- and shook her head in the affirmative when asked if the administration had actually "lied" to her.
"The only mention of waterboarding in the briefing was that it was not being employed," she told reporters, reading from a prepared statement -- twice for emphasis.
The intelligence briefers gave Pelosi, she said, "inaccurate and incomplete information."
"Perhaps they should release the briefing-- I would be very happy if they released the briefing," Pelosi added.
May 12, 2009
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“Something about Pelosi reminds me of Paula on American Idol, the way she speaks, very odd.”
It’s called “Valium Mouth” and is pretty common in prescription drug abuse...
So what happens when the CIA calls her bluff and dumps the minutes of the briefing in the WAPOs lap?
Briefing....deBriefing??
it is like the same thing.
and nobody wants to ‘brief’ Nan.
(1) Pelosi assumed the mainstream media would spin her statements to her advantage, just like they always have in the past. But strangely enough the MSM is providing both sides of the story.
(2) Normally the CIA would cover for a Democrat leader. Was the CIA burned badly enough by the Democrats that they now feel no allegiance?
(3) Most of us would have expected Obama to run to Pelosi's side and provide support, but Pelosi is out on her limb alone.
Pelosi's daily revisions to her story seem to show a woman waiting for her normal supporting cast to rescue her. Is this an elderly woman who has been cast adrift on a ice floe to die?
Bring in Jack Bauer.
If this is Pelosi vs. Panetta, my money is on Leon.
He is a former Congress Critter himself and a well-studied protege of Der Slickmeister.
Yes Pelosi knew...and well I guess the Kos people may decide she colluded in it or covered it up.
And, what number excuse is this one????? She’s a real piece of sh!t.
She IS what lefties WANT Sarah Palin to be. But Sarah is NOT dumb, she CAN handle the job, and the lefties know it.
Bring in Jack Bauer.
Drunk or sober...preferably drunk...”send my other generals a case of whatever he’s drinking...”
The funny thing is, before this is all over, Panetta and Pelosi will be calling for the other to be waterboarded in order to get to the truth.
One more head butt aughta do it.
Exactly! She toldObama’s Chief of Staff to stay out of the house’s business.
Now put a picture of nazi pelosi’s snout with a montauk monster snot next to it. I think we found a montauks relative.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051402858.html?hpid=topnews
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