Republicans Dispute Pelosi's Claim That She Couldn't Stop Interrogation

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Republicans said they were stunned Thursday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that she was powerless as minority leader to intervene in the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on terrorism suspects.

Earlier in the day, Pelosi told reporters that the CIA misled Congress on its activities, but she protested that she knew that any complaints by her about the use of waterboarding and other harsh tactics would fall on deaf ears.

Pelosi said in her weekly news conference that she supported a letter drafted in February 2003 by Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif. -- the new ranking Democrat on the House intelligence panel who attended a briefing that month that included discussions on waterboarding -- and sent to the Bush administration, raising concerns over the program.

Harman was the "appropriate person to register a protest," Pelosi said

"But no letter or anything else is going to stop them from doing what they're going to do," she added.

Not so, said Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. "As a member of the Gang of Four, if the CIA proposes to do something that we think is wrong, we can do something about it. We've done something about," he said.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/14/republicans-dispute-pelosis-claim-stop-interrogation-techniques/

This womans story has changed how many times in the last week?  For someone whose supposedly smart enough to be 3rd in line for President, you think she'd be smart enough to just admit that she lied.

And just a plug for my Rep.

"Excuse me, we are elected to do public policy," Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top Republican on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told FOX News. "We are not elected to use our positions only to elect a new majority or a new president. There's nothing more important than national security."

Hoekstra later said at a news conference, "You would think in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we would be focused on making sure we have the right policy in place -- and not focusing on the next election. ... Basically what the speaker said is that up until 2006, it was all about politics."

Goin for the throat.   

[Lord Undies]

What would actually be smart would be to admit what went on was NOT "torture", was NOT "illegal", was NOT a problem, and that all the phony wailing and gnashing of teeth was and is politically motivated to demean President George W. Bush, republicans in general, and to create public outrage through dishonesty in order to enhance the democrat brand and promote the cause of modern liberalism at the expense of the USA. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

This womans story has changed how many times in the last week?  For someone whose supposedly smart enough to be 3rd in line for President, you think she'd be smart enough to just admit that she lied.
Goin for the throat.   

Nah, she is in 'WAY too deep to change her tack now.  I expect she'll try to get her 'Principal Assistant,' whom she sent to some of the meetings in order to preserve her (im)plausible deniability, to take the fall for it.  About the only clear exit strategy I see.  This is an illustration of my comments on why Rove should just invoke his individual right to remain silent on the U.S. Attorney investigation - the more you talk, the more pitfalls you create for yourself, and San Fran Nan is too stupid and narcissistic to shut up. 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Silence is consent.

It works in matters of law...as well as dating intoxicated cheerleaders.