MioMyo
2009-04-24 11:39:18 UTC
Indeed anyone who believes the Imperial Princess Pelosi and, for that
matter, a handful of democrat leaders in congress didn't know about the
enhanced interrogation techniques now being charaded as "torture," well they
are either brain dead, liars or hypocrites themselves. Yes this bitch knew.
Just look at the plastic, grim mish, phony smile always plaster on that mug
of hers......
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/04/pelosi_denies_knowing_interrog.html?hpid=topnews
Pelosi Denies Knowing Interrogation Techniques Were Used
By Paul Kane
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today said congressional leaders were
never briefed about the use of an enhanced interrogation practice, rejecting
GOP claims that leadership was aware of the controversial tactics by late
2002.
Pelosi said the select few lawmakers who were briefed about handling of
detainees from the war on terror, were then forbidden from discussing what
they had learned with their colleagues. This produced an environment in
which the top lawmakers were told of the existence of legal opinions
supporting the rationale for waterboarding detainees, but never told that it
was actually being used, according to Pelosi.
"Flat out, they never briefed us that this was happening," she said.
In late 2002, Pelosi was the ranking member of the House intelligence
committee, while Porter Goss (R-Fla.) was chairman, when they first learned
of the general nature of the interrogation techniques that were under
consideration by the CIA's top officials. They were part of the so-called
"Gang of Four" briefings given to the top members of the intelligence panels
in the House and Senate. Pelosi continued receiving highly classified
briefings when she became Democratic leader in 2003, as is custom to brief
the top Democrat and Republican in each of the two chambers.
Republicans have repeatedly cited these briefings to reject calls from
Pelosi and many congressional Democrats to create a "truth commission" to
investigate alleged abuses in interrogations. Those calls grew louder after
last week's release of the legal memos that the Bush administration used,
from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, to explain what was
allowed and what would break international anti-torture laws.
"All of this information was downloaded to congressional leaders of both
parties with no objections being raised," House Minority Leader John Boehner
(R-Ohio) told reporters today, specifically citing Pelosi as someone who
received the briefings. "Not a word was raised at the time, not one word."
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich), the ranking member of the House intelligence
panel, argued the same point in an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal.
Pelosi denied these claims. "We were not -- I repeat -- were not told that
waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were
used. What they did tell us is that they had . . . the Office of Legal
Counsel opinions [and] that they could be used, but not that they would,"
she said.
She said some officials, such as Goss, who went on to become CIA director,
argued the lawmakers should have known the waterboarding would be used
because they were told it was a legal practice. But she said they had no way
of knowing that for certain, and they were then forbidden from talking about
what they had learned so they could not work to outlaw the practice.
She summed up the briefings this way: "This is what they're doing. That's
all they do. They don't come in to consult. They come in to notify. They
come in to notify. And you can't -- you can't change what they're doing
unless you can act as a committee or as a class. You can't change what
they're doing."
matter, a handful of democrat leaders in congress didn't know about the
enhanced interrogation techniques now being charaded as "torture," well they
are either brain dead, liars or hypocrites themselves. Yes this bitch knew.
Just look at the plastic, grim mish, phony smile always plaster on that mug
of hers......
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/04/pelosi_denies_knowing_interrog.html?hpid=topnews
Pelosi Denies Knowing Interrogation Techniques Were Used
By Paul Kane
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today said congressional leaders were
never briefed about the use of an enhanced interrogation practice, rejecting
GOP claims that leadership was aware of the controversial tactics by late
2002.
Pelosi said the select few lawmakers who were briefed about handling of
detainees from the war on terror, were then forbidden from discussing what
they had learned with their colleagues. This produced an environment in
which the top lawmakers were told of the existence of legal opinions
supporting the rationale for waterboarding detainees, but never told that it
was actually being used, according to Pelosi.
"Flat out, they never briefed us that this was happening," she said.
In late 2002, Pelosi was the ranking member of the House intelligence
committee, while Porter Goss (R-Fla.) was chairman, when they first learned
of the general nature of the interrogation techniques that were under
consideration by the CIA's top officials. They were part of the so-called
"Gang of Four" briefings given to the top members of the intelligence panels
in the House and Senate. Pelosi continued receiving highly classified
briefings when she became Democratic leader in 2003, as is custom to brief
the top Democrat and Republican in each of the two chambers.
Republicans have repeatedly cited these briefings to reject calls from
Pelosi and many congressional Democrats to create a "truth commission" to
investigate alleged abuses in interrogations. Those calls grew louder after
last week's release of the legal memos that the Bush administration used,
from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, to explain what was
allowed and what would break international anti-torture laws.
"All of this information was downloaded to congressional leaders of both
parties with no objections being raised," House Minority Leader John Boehner
(R-Ohio) told reporters today, specifically citing Pelosi as someone who
received the briefings. "Not a word was raised at the time, not one word."
Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich), the ranking member of the House intelligence
panel, argued the same point in an op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal.
Pelosi denied these claims. "We were not -- I repeat -- were not told that
waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were
used. What they did tell us is that they had . . . the Office of Legal
Counsel opinions [and] that they could be used, but not that they would,"
she said.
She said some officials, such as Goss, who went on to become CIA director,
argued the lawmakers should have known the waterboarding would be used
because they were told it was a legal practice. But she said they had no way
of knowing that for certain, and they were then forbidden from talking about
what they had learned so they could not work to outlaw the practice.
She summed up the briefings this way: "This is what they're doing. That's
all they do. They don't come in to consult. They come in to notify. They
come in to notify. And you can't -- you can't change what they're doing
unless you can act as a committee or as a class. You can't change what
they're doing."