Records suggest Pelosi, others were told of harsh interrogations ( MSM- LA Times Reports )

Los Angeles Times ^ | May 8, 2009 | Greg Miller

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Information released by the White House describes dozens of briefings for congressional leaders on CIA methods, including waterboarding and the planned destruction of interrogation videotapes.

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THE WHITEHOUSE???*******************************

Reporting from Washington -- Congressional leaders were briefed repeatedly on the CIA's use of severe interrogation methods on Al Qaeda suspects, according to new information released by the Obama administration Thursday that appears to contradict the assertions of House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

 

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A chart compiled by the CIA indicates that Pelosi (D-San Francisco) was briefed on Sept. 4, 2002, on the agency's interrogation of alleged Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah, and that the session covered "the particular [enhanced interrogation techniques] that had been employed." The chart does not list the specific methods covered during the briefing. But during the preceding month, the CIA had used the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding on Abu Zubaydah at least 83 times, according to a Justice Department memo released last month.

Pelosi has acknowledged being briefed on the CIA's interrogation program, but said she was told only about methods the agency was considering, not about techniques it had actually employed.

As recently as a week ago, Pelosi said, "We were not -- I repeat were not -- told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used."

[Past Your Eyes]

Let’s see if she repeats her denial again. Lowlife treacherous beeyotch.

[Raycpa]

For Bush and Cheney they call it “torture”

For Pelosi they call it “harsh interrogations”

Don’t you love how the English words are used to manipulate reactions?

[Michael.SF.]

Can any LA/OC Freeper confirm where this was placed in the newspaper? Front page or buried on A-23?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well, next to announce the news would be Nancy's Hometown paper...the San Francisco Chronicle....watch for it.

And notice that the White House released this....

ROFL!

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Eventually we will see something in the NY Times....

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Tried to ping everyone on last night's thread with the Washington Post entry into the spinning fury:

CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of 'Enhanced Interrogations' (MSM is Reporting ...)

[Busywhiskers]

According the the standards of liberal America Pelosi should resign. She lied to the American people and she knew about what we shall call, (for the sake of discussion only), “torture” and she did nothing to stop it. In the demented view of leftist Democrats, this would make her a conservative Republican.

[NormsRevenge]

When an intelligence agency is forced essentially to remind certain elected officials what meetings they were in and what was said and covered... That's pretty bad. The terrorists have won.

[Billthedrill]

“Documents suggest”? Uh...what about the testimony?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

OK...some one of the above might have access to local papers....I'll check the Long Beach paper...don't expect to see it though on the front page of any of the local papers.

[LRoggy]

[And notice that the White House released this....]

Call it payback for Reid humiliating the White House over Specter’s seniority issue.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Press Telegram has

Manny Banned ( Dodgers BB player )

And

Obama cuts out LB's C-17

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,.......on the front page.

[nufsed]

The most ethical congress ever.

[kellynla]

[calex59]

First of all, we all knew this was so despite what the Pukeosi was saying. What I want to point out is the semantics involved now. Read the headline and tell me what is different about it when compared to what would have been the headline if Bush was found lying about "harsh interrogation techniques". If you said the word TORTURE is missing you win the prize.

Since Nancy had knowledge of it, even though she isn't admitting it, water boarding is no longer torture in the eyes of the media but is now a "harsh interrogation techniques", which is the name the CIA gives to water boarding and other methods used to extract info from terrorist, but was not called that when referencing Bush's name, instead it was always torture.

Now that all these dems have been outed as to having knowledge of "harsh" methods of questioning we will see this die a quiet death.

[Michael.SF.]

next to announce the news would be Nancy's Hometown paper...the San Francisco Chronicle....watch for it.

It is on their website, at least.

You have to do a little digging though. They gave Manny Ramirez and his banned substance abuse a higher profile. But then Manny is a Dodger, which ranks only behind, Republican's, Homophobes and Christians as the most evil people in the world according to the decadent denizens of Baghdad-by-the-Bay.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Google News page has Nancy on the far right bottom of their news page....from a short time ago:

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Records suggest Pelosi, others were told of harsh interrogations

Los Angeles Times - ‎12 hours ago‎

Information released by the White House describes dozens of briefings for congressional leaders on CIA methods, including waterboarding and the planned destruction of interrogation videotapes.

Pelosi Busted, Ctd Atlantic Online

Congress: What Pelosi knew msnbc.com

The Hill - The Week Magazine - Kansas City Star - Washington Post

More coverage »

[calex59]

And notice that the White House released this....

They were forced to release it under the freedom of information act. Actually, it was printed in one paper yesterday(I forget which one)and then the white house had to own up to it. CIA actually released it, I think in order to establish a pecking order with the Bozo dummies.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks much for adding that...

[Non-Sequitur]

Records suggest Pelosi, others were told of harsh interrogations ( MSM- LA Times Reports )

Records suggest??? I believe the record proves that Pelosi was told.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I like this from the Kansas city Star ( a McClatchy paper:

Pelosi's crumbling credibility on torture

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By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's near-sanctimonious attitude in condemning torture done under the Bush administration left out a key fact: She knew about the torture tactics.

That's what new CIA documents released by the Obama administration show.

The bottom line: It appears Pelosi hasn't been honest with the American public about her knowledge of the CIA's actions during the Bush years, post 9/11.

She was among congressional leaders briefed starting in 2002 on the use of torture on al Qaida suspects. The interrogation techniques included waterboarding.

Pelosi keeps saying she and other members of Congress were not -- "I repeat were not" -- told about waterboarding or other "enhanced interrogation methods."

The new CIA documents will be used by Pelosi's GOP opponents to paint her as a politician who can't be trusted, at least when it comes to condemning torture techniques by U.S. forces.