...and guess who she blames.
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.
It was Bush, I tells ya! It was always Bush!!
"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.
Humminah humminah humminah...
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.
Yeah..."somebody else"! That's the ticket!!
The House's top Democrat made her comments at a news conference where she was peppered with questions about her knowledge of a technique she and others have called torture. Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that she and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use, but made no attempt to protest.
And aren't you sorry you ever brought this up, Madame Speaker? And the best part? Most people could care less if they waterboarded the bastards but you decided to make a big deal about it and now you may lose your job and you did all the work. Somewhere, Dark Lord Cheney chuckles... |