Pelosi’s Latest Spin On Waterboarding Lies: It Was Bush’s Fault!
Apparently, the Bush administration lied to Nancy Pelosi through the CIA by, uh, briefing her staffers and other members of Congress on the exact tactics they were using and who they were using them on.
WASHINGTON – Under strong attack from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims she was complicit in its use.
“To the contrary … we were told explicitly that waterboarding was not being used,” she told reporters, referring to a formal CIA briefing she received in the fall of 2002.
Pelosi said she subsequently learned that other lawmakers were told several months later by the CIA about the use of waterboarding.
“I wasn’t briefed, I was informed that somebody else had been briefed about it,” she said.
Of course Pelosi was told waterboarding wasn’t being used in 2002. It hadn’t been used yet in 2002. By 2003 it had been used, and Pelosi was made aware of it. Not only was she aware, she refused to protest the tactic’s use.
Pelosi is lying. Still.
