2002 DNI report: Shameless liar Pelosi was briefed on Zubaydah’s waterboarding
posted at 7:46 pm on May 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Remember, Madam Speaker’s official story is that she was briefed merely on the White House’s belief that waterboarding was legal, not that they ever planned to actually, you know, use it. I’m starting to lose count of how much evidence there is to the contrary at this point: First was this 2007 WaPo report on Pelosi being given a virtual tour of a CIA “black site” at which waterboarding would be used, then came Porter Goss’s op-ed last week reminding her that he got the same briefings she got and he knew exactly what was going on, and now here’s ABC today with a contemporaneous report from the office of the Director of National Intelligence confirming that, oh yes, she knew.
The report details a Sept. 4, 2002 meeting between intelligence officials and Pelosi, then-House intelligence committee chairman Porter Goss, and two aides. At the time, Pelosi was the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee.
The meeting is described as a “Briefing on EITs including use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah, background on authorities, and a description of particular EITs that had been employed.”
EITs stand for “enhanced interrogation techniques,” a classification of special interrogation tactics that includes waterboarding…
Brendan Daly, a Pelosi spokesman, said Pelosi’s recollection of the meeting is different than the way it is described in the report from the DNI’s office.
“The briefers described these techniques, said they were legal, but said that waterboarding had not yet been used,” Daly said.
Daly pointed out that the report backs up Pelosi’s contention that she was briefed only once on “enhanced interrogation techniques.”
Follow the link and note ABC’s update about how many other Democrats knew what was up. I’m starting to think that “rebranding” really might be the answer for the GOP. Since all it takes to escape the left’s wrath on issues like torture or extending the war in Afghanistan or quadrupling the size of a deficit they claimed to care about under Bush is calling yourself a Democrat, why not just call ourselves Democrats from now on? We get to keep all the same policies we have now and avail ourselves of the Absolute Moral Authority that comes with claiming the mantle of enlightenment. Show of hands: How many newly minted Blue Dogs here want to see Gitmo stay open?
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Uh, oh… bring on the trolls
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Lying witch.
infidel4life on May 7, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Prosecute Pelosi !!!!!!!11!!!!!!11ty!!!
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2009 at 7:50 PM
San Fran Nan, draining the
swampbog of eternal stench, by drinking it herself.doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM
woof woof!
Hochmeister on May 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM
“And you, Dorian, may eat cake!”
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM
She’s just a sweet grandmother, right?
How’s that under-the-table StarKist contract working out, Nancy? Done sticking it to the taxpayers yet?
battleoflepanto1571 on May 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Nancy Pelosi… All your lies are belong to us….. ;p
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Unfortunately, her putrid stench permeates this entire government and rots everything it touches.
rplat on May 7, 2009 at 7:53 PM
You’re awesome, AP.
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
She was aware of it before she was unaware of it. okay then.
coyoterex on May 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Honestly, she’s a lying bitch that should be dragged in front of a commission. Are there any standards for these people?
Keemo on May 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
You know I live in California dont you…. ;p
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Well of course she was. She’s such a demagogic liar.
When Barry was going on and on about “inspiring” us, my darling husband said, “I don’t need Obama to inspire me. Nancy Pelosi is all the inspiration I need, because if a dingbat like that can rise to third in line for the presidency, anyone can.”
Rae on May 7, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Nancy Pelosi….. Most unethical congress evar….
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 7:55 PM
So she would be your Feudal Lordess ;)
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 7:56 PM
She’s not sweating this. She can’t. Botox doesn’t allow you to sweat.
SouthernGent on May 7, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Liar.
Weight of Glory on May 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
So where are the memos that prove that the government used Nancy Pelosi’s books to torture the terrorists? (and we shouldn’t forget the voice recordings)
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
By the weekend we’ll find out she administered the waterboarding.
JammieWearingFool on May 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Any Californian’s want to strike a blow against San Fran Nan???? Somebody start collecting signature and I’ll run against her….
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Maybe Prejean would endorse you
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Forget about the swine flu. We have a much worse epidemic that is raging through the democratic party. Alzheimer’s
Forgot the memo’s
Forgot the briefings
Forgot to pay the taxes
etc
etc
etc
faol on May 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
How much shall we bet that any talk of prosecuting Bush officials for waterboardig goes away now that we know (not that we didn’t already) that all these Dems were in the know on it and did nothng to stop it?
Yakko77 on May 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
No, just my Liar in charge…. ;p
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Don’t you know being a Democrat means never having to say you’re sorry?
[ducks the tomatoes and eggs]
iconoclast on May 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Don’t worry Nance. If you want the forgiveness of the lefty blogs for your tolerance of torture, just start showing some toned arms (rarrr)
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Has Pelosi apologized the Americans who’s lives weren’t lost?
Speakup on May 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Aye………..
………. now I can cheat on my taxes, conduct voter fraud, lie to the American people, under cut the military, stop school vouchers, make us more dependent on foreign energy sources, get rich on earmarks, profit by kickbacks, bankrupt the United States, take control of our financial system and major industries by intimidation and extortion, and still be invited to the Sunday morning news shows who will cover my as$.
I feel so liberated……….
……… I will just have to learn how to live with myself.
Seven Percent Solution on May 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Oh the horror of it all. That poor terrorist.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Compare and contrast.
Republican accused of lying.
Endless investigations that last for years.
A Democrat hose beast hag tells an easily proven false lie
….(crikets chirping)
NeoKong on May 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Throw those tomatoes and eggs over this way…. I live in California, trust me, I’m going to need them…. ;p
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
*snicker*
She’s going to have trouble getting votes in San Fransisco now…
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:01 PM
ROTFLMAO…… Now you know why liberals are so determined to get illegal narcotics legalized…. ;p
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
In that case, it’ll be tortillas. :P
/Loves me some fresh, homemade tortillas.
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
God she’s ugly!!
but she’s a democrat, she’s SUPPOSED TO LIE!!!
its what they do…and obviously it works…
right4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:02 PM
But but but….you’re saving the snail darter, or hummina fish, or whatever it is you’re saving all that water for this time!
/
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Sigh…. But she does have a great set of hooters…. (Oh god, did I just say that out loud???)
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
PelOSi
FloatingRock on May 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
I don’t even know if they want it legalized… they just don’t want it to be prosecuted… It’s kind of like illegal aliens. Give them a license, let them live in the ghetto, and please let them vote … but you never hear them say, let’s give them citizenship and encourage them to INTEGRATE!
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
well maybe if you put a bag over that face….but I bet they’re as hard as rocks and fake as her face…
right4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
:O)
……… I live in Cali, too,
save some tomatoes and eggs……..
Seven Percent Solution on May 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Not me buddy boy, they were both on the grill last Saturday…. ;)
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:05 PM
How many times will she have to lick the toe jam from Teh One’s toes to earn forgiveness?
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Like a train wreck, I’ve never been able to tear my attention away from Speaker Granny McRictus Deathmask’s face long enough to look down.
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Heh, now she’ll be even more of a heroine to those slimeballs.
infidel4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Yeh she’s a slimey liar for sure.
But as long as she keeps shoving the worms down the birdies mouths, she’ll stay on as Queen Bee.
Unbelievable.
notagool on May 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM
So does this mean the Democrat Party is the Party of Tolerance? Tolerance to Torture, that is…
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Whoa……… Take a step back their dude…. I never said I wanted to get close enough to that skank to find out if they were real…. ekkkkkkkkkk……..
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM
What sort of life form is it that y’all are keeping the water in resivor for?
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Kinda reminds me of the Steve Martin bit about The Two Most Important Words in the English Language: “I Forgot.”
I’m sorry, Your Honor. I Forgot armed robbery was illegal!
Christien on May 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
She lied. We all knew it when she made that statement recently and this is just the proof.
I would think nothing will come of this except for the fact that she had felt pressured enough to even make that statement denying being briefed the EITs would in fact be used and had in fact been used. That gives me pause and offers a glimmer of hope that she will suffer some consequence from this exposure of her lie.
KittyLowrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
ROTFLMAO….. If it weren’t for her face I would have never noticed her ta ta’s….
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:09 PM
well she is rich….and if has a COUPLE other good reasons….you can always close your eyes and think of Ms. California!!
right4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Not a single troll to try to defend Nan’s Honor?
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Wow. One of the shameless, contemptible politicians in Washington lied. . . I feel blindsided. Honestly, I just never saw this coming. I mean, she seems so sincere and honest.
King of the Britons on May 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Dear Allahpundit,
You have a gift. And you don’t even need a teleprompter and stagecraft to make it work. That is one of the best ripostes I have ever read. Many thanks.
Loxodonta on May 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
It’s called Politicus prevaricatus imbecilus….
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM
thats a good one!
right4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Unfortunately for Nan, she’s also suffering from Fugly-itus.
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Didn’t the Democrats, when they were in the minority, constantly hit Newt, who was speaker at the time, over the head with “Ethic Complaints” as a political weapon………….?
I think now it would be a good time for a Conservative Republican to grow a pair and fire back……….
……….. Sauce for the Goose, Ms. Pelosi?
Seven Percent Solution on May 7, 2009 at 8:12 PM
I think that credit goes to her bra, remove that and they’ll fly south for the winter.
infidel4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Well he does kind of have a point, it’s kind of like looking Medusa in the face…. Once you done it… Well ya just cant look away….
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Why don’t Republicans hold a news conference, or better yet a whole series of them, and lay out the whole case, the whole “nine yards”, which is both lengthy and beyond compelling, that the American people have either a pathological liar or a demented person as their Speaker of the House, and second in line to the Presidency itself?
MB4 on May 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Even they can’t stand her.
R4L, I’d love to take claim for it, but got it from AoS. They use it frequently.
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Maybe Specter will be able to cure Nancy of her tolerance to torture…
“Everyone, everyone of you democrats, place your hands on Nancy! Oh, Teh One, we ask you to intervene on Nancy’s stupid behalf! Oh, Teh One, come now!!!”
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
ROTFLMAO….. Somehow I seriously doubt that the term “FLY” applies… Talk about some serious advertising for the wonder bra…..
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:14 PM
That was beautiful!
TheBigOldDog on May 7, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Sigh…. But she does have a great set of hooters…. (Oh god, did I just say that out loud???)
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Hate to burst the bubble but if shes from Frisco they are plastic.
faol on May 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Also, with such rebranding nonstandard sexual adventures become acceptable.
exception on May 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Because 99% of Republicans are Democrats/socialists in Republican clothing…
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM
MB4 on May 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Wonderful idea. For thinking people. Unfortunately, a majority of Americans have figured out they can vote themselves bread and circuses.
A quote from Ayn Rand comes to mind: “Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.”
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Because, unfortunately, they too are incompetent morons, just in a different way, namely, marketing and communications.
TheBigOldDog on May 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Nan? Come on, she was more like a bra-burner! Running around Frisco in the 60’s burning bras and brandishing a coat hanger.
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I love it!
mikeyboss on May 7, 2009 at 8:17 PM
Imagine a Democracy with a free press. That would be awesome.
ronsfi on May 7, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Nancy Pelosi is a liar? No way; tomorrow will be reported as green?
Now why Nancy can’t be water-boarded? She float because of too much silicon….
Branch Rickey on May 7, 2009 at 8:18 PM
You can always tell when Mdm Pelosi is lying. First, her eyes bulge and her face freezes up. Then her lips start quivering.
Birdseye on May 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Please see my May 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM response to right4life
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:16 PM
That was then. She has more plastic in her face and chest than a 54 Corvette.
faol on May 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Oh, so that’s why a witch floats?
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM
BHO seems to have found a way to persecute and weaken Representative Pelosi, whom he must view as an impediment to his greater power. It seems the Congress would do well to support her against his administration, not for her sake, but for the sake of the independence and supremacy of the legislature.
Kralizec on May 7, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Any compotent marketer/communicator could hang this around her neck like an anvil and sink her to the bottom of the ocean. Then move on and do it to a good chunk of the Dem party. Unfortunately, most of them are right brained and not very slick.
TheBigOldDog on May 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I don’t think silicone moves very much…I doubt they’d bounce on a roller coaster….
and I think silicone hardens with age….ewwwww
right4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Nancy in Brazil
ronsfi on May 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM
They should make sure none of that toxic plastic came from China…
Upstater85 on May 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Oops
ronsfi on May 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM
stinky
shameless
liahhhhhhhhhhhh
sandlin71 on May 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Maybe not, but they’d end up down here in SoCal in short order. *shudder*
infidel4life on May 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Nothing that full of hotair will ever be sunk in the ocean….
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
You know how I can tell? Her lips are moving.
TheBigOldDog on May 7, 2009 at 8:21 PM
ronsfi on May 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Makes me think of the Dr Who episode with the woman who was just a face. Always creeped me out.
bikermailman on May 7, 2009 at 8:22 PM
a) She forgot about lying.
b) She lied about forgetting.
c) Both a) and b).
d) Neither. It’s the Botox talking.
e) All of the above.
Christien on May 7, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Curse you sir… Curse you I say for even putting that visual image in my head…
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Can’t wait to see Nan dance around this one…
d1carter on May 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Queen Nancy Pelocchio.
Cheshire Cat on May 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Can we get her to do that dance in a burka???
doriangrey on May 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Give her a break….perhaps she was still under the influence of the drugs she took for whatever recent plastic surgery she had.
ctmom on May 7, 2009 at 8:23 PM
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