September 4th, 2002- Rep. Porter Gross and ranking Democrat Nancy Pelosi were the first members of Congress to be briefed on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. Now, Pelosi is saying that she was briefed on how the use was greenlit, but not that it would necessarily be used, saying:
“We were not — I repeat — were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used.”
Following this, she says she was informed, but not briefed- whatever that means- and is now facing a barrage of attacks from the media; constantly tripping herself up in a web of lies. On top of this, Obama’s CIA director Leon Panetta and Porter Gross are both disputing Pelosi’s story- saying she did indeed know about the waterboarding. During the press conference addressing this, she accused the CIA of deliberately misleading her and then shifted focus, saying they misled all of America on WMD’s. Nice dancing, Nance.
Gleefully throwing gasoline on the flames is former senior Bush advisor turned pundit Karl Rove, whose column this week included the bi-line: “Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to ‘torture.’”. Meanwhile, the white house is unsure of how to treat the situation, as they’re also tackling the gitmo bay picture debacle, the auto bailout, and an overhaul of the healthcare system. It would appear Nancy Pelosi is being hung out to dry by the left, proving once again that all the players are expendable when it comes to protecting their greater cause.
May 14, 2009 at 8:55 pm |
Is it bad for me to want Nancy Pelosi hung from a yardarm for treason?