CIA Director Rejects Pelosi's Charge

[dgriffin]

CIA Director Rejects Pelosi's Charge That CIA Misled Her


Friday, May 15, 2009

CIA Director Leon Panetta today rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that the agency misled her in 2002 about its use of waterboarding and other coercive interrogation methods on suspected terrorists.

Panetta, who took office as President Obama's CIA chief in February, reasserted the agency's claim that it told congressional leaders about the use of such methods during a closed-door briefing in September 2002. Pelosi (D-Calif.) has acknowledged attending the briefing but says she was told only that the CIA was considering the use of waterboarding, or simulated drowning.

"It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress," Panetta said in a message released today to agency employees. A copy was obtained by The Washington Post.

"Our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of [suspected terrorist] Abu Zubaida, describing the 'enhanced techniques that had been employed,' " Panetta said.

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I wonder if the Dems are throwing Pelosi overboard. And why?

[corner]

her left wingedness is catching up to her....she is too extreme in her liberal views that may cost democrats elections this fall and next year

[dgriffin]

Good points. Off with her ... uh ... wig?

Wiki says (I just looked it up) that she is the first Italian American Speaker of the House. Didn't come up from a tough neighborhood like many Italian and Irish Americans I know: "The Pelosi family has a net worth of nearly $19 million as of 2007, primarily from investments. In addition to their large portfolio of jointly owned San Francisco Bay Area real estate, the couple also owns a vineyard in St. Helena, California, valued at $5 million to $25 million. Pelosi's husband also owns stock, including $5 million in Apple Computer. Pelosi continues to be among the richest members of Congress."

And this could explain her ... her district includes 4/5 ths of the city of San Francisco. Nice city, but in the words of an astute judge of human nature, Don't Bend Over!

[Swimmy]

She is a disgrace to Italian Americans. Thank God she's not my representative.