John Nichols: CIA: We Lied to Congress

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CIA: We Lied to Congress
posted by John Nichols on 07/09/2009 @ 06:59am

In May, at a point when congressional Republicans and their amen corner in the media were attempting to defend the Bush-Cheney administration's torture regime, their primary defense was: Pelosi knew.

The spin held that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, had in 2002 been secretly briefed about the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terror suspects.

Pelosi said the Central Intelligence Agency had failed to inform her about the character and extent of the harsh interrogations.

Pelosi accused the CIA of "misleading the Congress of the United States."

Republican senators screamed.

"It's outrageous that a member of Congress should call a terror-fighter a liar," howled Missouri Senator Kit Bond, the vice chair of the Senate intelligence committee. "It seems the playbook is, blame terror-fighters. We ought to be supporting them."

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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/450070/cia_we_lied_to_congress

[DCKit]

1. "terror fighters". unh huh.

So that makes Al Qaeda, sponsored by Saudi Royals, what, exactly?

[kentuck]

2. Not only did we lie to Congress...

We broke the laws. We are criminals. We should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Because we suck.

[driver8]

4. But they broke the law to keep us safe -- isn't that ok?

Doesn't the end justify the means in our government??

[driver8]

3. "terror fighters"...give me a fucking break.

It looks like someone owes Pelosi and apology!

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5. ,,,