Nancy Pelosi Claim That CIA Lied Validated By House Intelligence Committee

The Hill:

Democrats on the Intelligence Committee have concluded that the CIA did not fully inform Congress about the use of enhanced interrogation techniques during a September 2002 briefing.

The new report seemingly validates House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) claim earlier this year that she was lied to about the program.

Read the whole story: The Hill

Comments

[LemonMeringue]

I am certain Fox will inform its viewers of this fact and retract earlier slanders of her.

[ifitwereme]

and it's pAnetta unless you are doing it on purpose.

[Radical Guy]

"Everybody Lies" - House

[ifitwereme]

make the bed you lie in - anon

[ifitwereme]

panetta is a stud, Obama sent him there to fix all the problems created by bush and the vp, he backed his people, determined that vp was the issue and released it to the public. pelosi was right all along, more bush/vp hangover.

[BlogWatcher]

I wonder if the Right will apologize?

[ByersL]

Of course they lied. We all knew that!

[VJ2008]

Nancy Pelosi 2016!!

[Robert Cantor]

why not 2012? who's more progressive BHO or NP?

[Ifticar2]

Cindy Sheehan for Congress in the 8th Congressional District in 2010.

[WhatHaveWeBecome]

testing

[Robert Cantor]

agree!

[Truthahn]

From New York Times, May 14, 2009:

WASHINGTON — The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, acknowledged for the first time Thursday that she knew by early 2003 that the Central Intelligence Agency had subjected terror detainees to waterboarding but saw little recourse to challenge the practice except by achieving Democratic control of Congress and the White House. Ms. Pelosi offered her account at a tense news conference as she was pressed for a full accounting of when she became aware that the Bush administration had sanctioned harsh interrogation techniques. The issue is emerging as one of the toughest tests of Ms. Pelosi’s tenure, as she finds herself fending off accusations of hypocrisy from Republicans for criticizing the interrogation methods, even though she had known about them, and from liberal critics who say that she should have raised the alarm earlier if she knew what was transpiring.

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Bear in mind Pelosi's admission was in direct contradiction to previous denials that she knew anything about waterboardings. Certainly the CIA has credibility issues, but Nancy's credibility ain't so hot either

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15cong.html

[nola87]

I want a full apology from Bill O'Reilly on his show today.

[Truthahn]

Ain't gonna happen. Nancy has already been caught contradicting herself. Just because the CIA lies doesn't mean Nancy can't lie too.

[Robert Cantor]

pls give details on the 'caught contradicting" or are you contradicting yourself

[lightningbolt]

The entire Bush administration was one big lie. Bush and Cheney must be arrested! If they do not get arrested, Holder will become an accomplice to all of their crimes.

[sviolette]

To be an accomplice you have to have participated in the crime. Holder is only obstructing justice. and that's bad for the department of justice head but, it is also a crime.

[WhatHaveWeBecome]

test

[WhatHaveWeBecome]

Did the C/A predict the Fall of the Soviet Union?

Did they predict Iraq invading Kuwait?

What about that missle gap thing where the C/A over-estimate Russian ICBM's in the 1960's

What about the Bay of P/gs fiasco?

What about thosae WMD's in Iraq?

Where is Osama Bin Forgotten thing? (Probably an inside job so I will give the C/A a pass on that one).

Did the CIA stop 9// (probably caused it)

What has the CIA done for this country that was good and not bad? Just wondering?

Why do we keep these clowns around anyway?

[Robert Cantor]

you have something there ... the bushies claim CIA WMD intel caused the Iraqi invasion and CIA was wrong ... Therefore CIA should be fixed or abolished ... their mistakes have caused 10xk lives.

[WhatHaveWeBecome]

Did the CIA predict the Fall of the Soviet Union?

Did they predict Iraq invading Kuwait?

What about that missle gap thing where the CIA over-estimate Russian ICBM's in the 1960's

What about the Bay of Pigs fiasco?

What about thosae WMD's in Iraq?

Where is Osama Bin Forgotten thing? (Probably an inside job so I will give the CIA a pass on that one).

Did the CIA stop 9// (probably caused it)

What has the CIA done for this country that was good and not bad? Just wondering?

Why do we keep these keystone cops around anyway?

[WhatHaveWeBecome]

Did the CIA predict the Fall of the Soviet Union?

Did they predict Iraq invading Kuwait?

What about that missle gap thing where the CIA over-estimate Russian ICBM's in the 1960's

What about the Bay of Pigs fiasco?

What about thosae WMD's in Iraq?

Where is Osama Bin Forgotten thing? (Probably an inside job so I will give the CIA a pass on that one).

Did the CIA stop 911 (probably caused it)

What has the CIA done for this country that was good and not bad? Just wondering?

Why do we keep these keystone cops around anyway?

[sviolette]

Wow that's quite an echo.