Posted on 05/14/2009 10:54:43 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Under strong attack from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims she was complicit in the method's use.
"To the contrary ... we were told explicitly that waterboarding was not being used," she told reporters, referring to a formal CIA briefing she received in the fall of 2002.
Pelosi said she subsequently learned that other lawmakers were told several months later by the CIA about the use of waterboarding.
"I wasn't briefed, I was informed that somebody else had been briefed about it," she said.
The House's top Democrat made her comments at a news conference where she was peppered with questions about her knowledge of a technique she and others have called torture. Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that Pelosi and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use but made no attempt to protest.
Pelosi's comments Thursday were her most pointed yet on the topic of what she learned about waterboarding.
In a written response issued moments after Pelosi spoke, an official at the CIA neither disputed nor accepted the California Democrat's statements.
Instead, George Little, head of the CIA office of public affairs, said it would be up to Congress to determine whether notes made by agency personnel at the time they briefed lawmakers were accurate. He said the notes could be made available at the CIA "for staff review."
House Republican Leader John Boehner dismissed Pelosi's account.
Despite Boehner's comments, CIA records show Pelosi attended only one briefing - the one in the fall of 2002 where she says she was told that waterboarding had not been used.
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ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It depends on what you meaning of “is” is...
Pelosi’s problem, she really isn’t very smart.
Selective memory shows a selective mental disorder!
Yeah, I think those botox injections entered her brain.....
Look in the mirror, Madam Speaker. It is YOU who is lying.
So nancy, since someone told you that they were using waterboarding, and you objected so strenuously, I’m sure the congressional record will validate that you demanded hearings and/or meetings with the CIA and the Bush admin to voice your opposition........right?????
After years of railing and lying about the Bush administration the egotistical, diabolical, vengeful little twit finally got caught in her lies. Couldn't happen to anyone better!
George Romney, Mitt’s dad, ruined his politcal career by saying that he was brainwashed...I think it was concerning Viet Nam. Wouldn’t Pelosi’s “They mislead us all the time” be the same thing?
Pegrosi is one of those types of people that nothing is ever her fault and it never has anything to do with her....she is always the victim in the situation. In other words...typical liberal...correction: LIEberal
Whereupon, you did what, Nan?
Keep it up, Hon. Eventually the sides of that unshored hole will fall in on you.
Pelosi’s resignation is now required.
Man, Pelosi wouldn’t last a day as a CIA spook. Gotta always remember what you told to whom and when, and make sure that all of these lies together look plausible and don’t contradict one another.
Obama and Hillary would just as soon have Mrs. America out of their way. She’s not controllable like some others who would like her job. She also doesn’t bother keeping up pretenses that she is moderate in any shape, matter or form.
This is quite convenient for Obama and I doubt he’ll expend much energy or political capital defending her.
ROLFLMAO!
How about some keywords?
Geez!
The Congressmen who sit on committees that hear briefings on secret information swear oaths not to reveal what they year. Does anyone know what happens to them if they break that oath?
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