Pelosi Tortures Truth
Speaker Pelosi has turned telling tall tales into an art form, albeit very ugly art. This article tells how big of liberties Ms. Pelosi takes with the truth. Here’s a prime example:
Pelosi has disputed a CIA document, released last week, that shows she was briefed in September 2002 on the “particular” interrogation techniques the United States had used on Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah. Pelosi has said she was told then only that the Bush administration was considering using certain techniques in the future and that it had the legal authority to do so.
there must be something in the kool-aid that the D’s are drinking because Ms. Pelosi isn’t the only one who didn’t get briefed on the CIA’s waterboarding Zbu Zubaydah:
An aide to former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) took issue Monday with the entry for a Feb. 4, 2003, briefing in which a Rockefeller staffer was reportedly told “how the water board was used.”
“We are not in a position to vouch for the accuracy of the document,” a Rockefeller spokeswoman said. He “has repeatedly stated he was not told critical information that would have cast significant doubt on the program’s legality and effectiveness.”
Former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time Pelosi was briefed, told The Washington Post’s PlumLine blog that he wasn’t told of waterboarding then, either, despite a Sept. 27, 2002, briefing entry indicating he was given details of Zubaydah’s interrogation.
“I do not have any recollection of being briefed on waterboarding or other forms of extraordinary interrogation techniques, or Abu Zubaydah being subjected to them,” said Graham, adding: “Something as unexpected and dramatic as that would be the kind of thing that you would normally expect to recall even years later.”
I don’t buy Sen. Graham’s or Sen. Rockefeller’s stories. I think they’re political cover for Speaker Pelosi. Let’s remember that Sen. Rockefeller leaked sensitive intelligence information. Let’s also remember that Sen. Graham is politely referred to as eccentric. I wouldn’t trust either man as far as I could throw them if I had 2 broken arms and a bad back. Let’s put it a different way: If I’m left with a choice of trusting two Democrats, one who’s a hyperpartisan, the other as flaky as pie crust, or Leon Panetta and Dennis Blair, I’ll pick Leon Panetta and Dennis Blair every time, especially if the CIA interrogation memos verify Blair’s and Panetta’s statements.
Call me odd that way but I’ll trust my lying eyes over the lame explanations of Sens. Graham and Rockefeller and Speaker Pelosi.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog