take that tough stance on torture this Sunday? Keep defending her...Read, out loud, the last answer she gives--- and then tell me how much sense that makes.
Pelosi, being interviewed by Chris Wallace, said she really can't decide what torture really is....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300097,00.htmlWALLACE: It's been disclosed this week that the Justice Department, after publicly declaring torture abhorrent in 2004, secretly, a few months later, approved the — in combination — the use of head slapping, water boarding and exposure to extreme temperatures.
The president now says that the leadership, the Congress, was fully informed, and that this is not torture.
First question: Were you ever briefed about this policy or the secret Justice Department memos?
PELOSI: Well, in order to know if I'm briefed about it, I'd have to be briefed about it now. What exactly is the president talking about? Yes, let me get my credentials right out there. I'm the longest-serving member of Congress on the intelligence committee, both on the committee and ex officio as a leader. So we have been briefed on some tactics used by the administration.
But I'd have to see what we're talking about here, because this is — all I know is what I've read in the New York Times.
WALLACE: You were never briefed about these secret memos in 2005?
PELOSI: No, not about the secret memos.
But let me say also, again, as one who appreciates the value of intelligence to protect the American people, I think it's very important that we have the best possible intelligence. And there's international cooperation on this, and there are international standards on it. And I think that protecting the American people being our top priority, we should do so in a way that is within the law, and experts agree that you do not obtain reliable intelligence through using these tactics.
WALLACE: So let me ask you directly...
PELOSI: ... and you diminish our reputation in the world, which hurts the cooperation we need to collect the intelligence we need to protect the American people.
WALLACE: So let me ask you directly. Do you think that the interrogation techniques that have been reported — let's not talk about what's in the memo, but what's been reported — in combination, head slapping, water boarding, exposure to extreme temperatures. Torture?
PELOSI: There is a legal definition of torture that I believe this would fit. The president says it is not. Again, we have to see the degree and what he is talking about, because again, to answer on the basis of something that's been reported in the press that the president has deemed is not torture, it's just not — I just can't give you an informative answer on that.
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