Feinstein Defends Pelosi; Says CIA Briefings Are Intentionally Vague

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Senate Intelligence Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Tuesday became the latest high-profile Democrat to defend Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) from GOP critics who say she has not been forthcoming about what she knew about the Bush administration's enhanced interrogation techniques.

"I think it's a tempest in a teapot really, to say, well, 'Speaker Pelosi should have known all of this. She should have stopped it. She should have done this or done that,'" Feinstein told reporters. "You know, I'd say the same thing to others. It doesn't usually happen that way. You have to understand it and that takes time."

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Comments

[Doofus]

Though technically the Speaker of the House is the third-ranking person in the
US government, she has no actual 'executive' power. Therefore, she apparently
feels it is right & proper to tell US that though she was told that torture COULD be
used, she was NOT told it WAS BEING used. And that must make all the difference.

Furthermore, security regulations prevented her from telling anyone what she herself
was told. And presumably, those same 'principles' prevented her from even complaining
to anyone about this situation. (This not really 'right or proper', Ms Speaker.)

Rule for the next Speaker: Ask yourself, always, 'Is this what Tip O'Neill would have done?'