Pelosi denies being informed about waterboarding

Los Angeles Times ^ | 10:14 AM PDT, May 14, 2009 | Michael Muskal

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The House speaker says the Bush administration deliberately misled Congress. GOP says Democrats were told.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has become a lightning rod for GOP criticism on the issue of enhanced interrogation of terror suspects, denied today that she was told waterboarding was used on detainees and insisted that the Bush administration had deliberately misled lawmakers.

In a televised news conference, Pelosi accused the CIA of misrepresenting what was going on with the questioning of terrorism suspects when intelligence officials briefed legislators on the Intelligence Committee in 2002. At the time, Pelosi was the ranking Democrat.

"We were told that they had legal opinions that it was legal and were not told about other legal opinions to the contrary," Pelosi said of the briefings. "We were told specifically that waterboarding was not being used."

Pelosi said she learned later from other members of Congress about the CIA use of waterboarding. "I wasn't briefed. I was informed that somebody else had been briefed about it," she said.

The issue of who knew what about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques has become a political firestorm. Republicans, led in recent days by former Vice President Dick Cheney, have generally backed the use of "enhanced" interrogation methods on terrorist suspects.

When Democrats complained and called for investigations that could lead to criminal charges against top Bush administration officials, Republicans have countered that the techniques were approved by Democrats like Pelosi. In effect, Republicans have threatened to turn the issue into an attack on leading Democrats, implying that they too could face charges.

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Thank you Dave!

[Marine_Uncle]

"Pelosi just keeps digging and the hole is already more than deep enough for her grave."
Perhaps she is experimenting in how to carry out the China Syndrome.

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Lol, shoulda known you were working on something. Very funny and she looks ready to throw one of those ‘kung fu’ star weapons at you too!

You had the song after all, don’t think I ever saw it in there.

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That is actually an oldie of Pelosi

The song is not the one with the lyrics

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Yes, I remember you making it long ago.
I clicked on the song long enough to see the title and then turned it off as I have my sound up high. If I turn it down I often forget about it.

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...She'll be needing taller ones soon, at the rate she's been shoveling the B.S. lately.

     

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You’re right, I never thought I’d see her this flustered. Hard to keep your mind straight when all you do is lie!

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http://www.zazzle.com/anti_nancy_pelosi_bumper_sticker-128610105510666563

[TigersEye]

Thank you. I got home in time enough to watch the news heads on Fox. They seem to agree with us too. This is certainly a popcorn moment for conservatives.

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She got lost without her cheesy script

She now gets lost with a lousy script

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[She got lost without her cheesy script
She now gets lost with a lousy script]

I’ll have to go watch the video at some point just to watch her expressions. She started weaving a web of lies years ago and now it’s caught up with her, she can’t remember when she said what anymore.

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Lol, no doubt about it, it’s all crap.

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She was jumping all around today

Eyes wild and darting

Smiling at inappropriate moments

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Yes. ...and you and I are evidently not the only ones who think so. Hope they keep her feet to the fire until she’s done.

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[Smiling at inappropriate moments]

She does that often. I read about her interrupting Obama yesterday and they said it was inappropriate.

When did you see her devolve, was it on Fox today?

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She was medicated today

But it did not work

She was on the edge of a breakdown

Panic and desperation ala mode

She is scared stiff - watch her eyes.....

Flopping around like a ragdoll in a tornado

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Wow! ...on drugs???

...and here all this time she was just...well...you know...

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RE: “...and may be thrown under the bus...”

We can hope.

[MeekOneGOP]

Memo to Nan “Politburo” Pelosi:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare