Video: Kit Bond says CIA doesn’t brief on rejected techniques
posted at 11:36 am on May 15, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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Time has this moment of clarity from Senator Kit Bond, who must wonder where the media’s common sense went yesterday. Why would the CIA call a briefing to discuss waterboarding to say they weren’t going to use it? Since Time blocks embedding, I’ll use MS-NBC’s embed of the entire video, but the money quote comes at the 6:45 mark, but you’ll be plenty entertained by then.
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BOND: I’ve been in briefings, and they don’t have briefings to tell you the techniques they’re not going to use. [Laughter]
Q: That’s a really good way of putting it.
BOND: That dog doesn’t hunt. [Laughter]
Watch the whole clip. Bond explains clearly why the CIA would never flat-out lie to the people who control their pursestrings, which Joe Scarborough knows from his time on the Hill. Not only does Bond rip Pelosi, so does the entire MS-NBC panel. By the time this ends, they’re all laughing at Pelosi’s latest story.
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Madame Speaker what do you want for your last meal and would you like a blinfold??!!!
Dire Straits on May 15, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Man, did she tick off Rahm Emanuele…
Mr. Bingley on May 15, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Pelosi the BIMBO…. maybe she should run for Miss. Kaliforinia… however she is too stupid to win….
NRA Lifer on May 15, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Nancy Piñata
fogw on May 15, 2009 at 11:41 AM
The Unspeakable
http://www.polmachina.com/?p=252
ranchoforte on May 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Sorry
Dire Straits on May 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM
This is all so surreal…it feels like a national nightmare from which we’ll never wake. Everyone in DC is a crook, a liar and a grifter.
Flyover Country on May 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Pelosi: Can’t I just rule the [Waffle]House?
WashJeff on May 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Wow. She’s even lost MS
NBCDNC?Break out the butter – she’s toast.
Vic on May 15, 2009 at 11:43 AM
If it weren’t showing the complete folly of a government I depend upon to protect me and my family, this would be really entertaining.
myrenovations on May 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM
“And boom goes the dynamite!”
gregbert on May 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I am going to go grab a sailboat on the Pacific and see if I can reach the point where the big dome over us reaches the ground and then look for the nearest exit.
WashJeff on May 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I’m lovin’ this!!!
sdd on May 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Common sense.
Apparently an uncommon virtue with this Administration; with this Congress; with Pelosi.
coldwarrior on May 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I have to say, even Norah O’Donnel was pretty hard hitting yesterday, as the story was breaking.
I guess that shareholders meeting last month hit a “reality nerve” for GE/MSNBC.
Or they just said “numbers must go up by 25% or everyone gets a pink slip or 50% reduction in salary.”
Odie1941 on May 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
See, they’ve been lying with such impunity that they got cocky and thought they could get away with ANYTHING they said. Well, Obama still can, but it’s only a matter of time for that freak to be exposed too.
marklmail on May 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Nancy Pelosi is her own tragedy, but SHE is not the center of the American heart. Her prominent powerful position to hurt America and damage America is the worst thing to come of this.
That she is permitted to persist in office is awful.
maverick muse on May 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM
There’s nothing like the feeding frenzy that occurs when the MSM turns on one of their own.
sdd on May 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Nancy Pelosi has become a national punchline.
I love it!
JohnGalt23 on May 15, 2009 at 11:48 AM
San Fran Nan has let her alligator mouth overload her hummingbird rear end. All the rest of the Liberals are distancing themselves from her in an act of self-preservation. Since Hoyer is on the Obama approved list, she will lose her position soon.
kingsjester on May 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Funny how the truth often has such an authentic feel to it.
hawksruleva on May 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Bravo!
maverick muse on May 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM
PINANNCIO with the L O N G N O S E !!!
afotia on May 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM
There is an actual problem here; but continue with the Pelosi bashing and ignore what’s wrong with everything that is going on.
The CIA and “leaks” hurt the Bush administration. The CIA and “leaks” are seeking to do the same to Pelosi.
When you have unelected people – whom you don’t even know what their goal is – taking out elected officials; it’s a cause of concern. Not something to be cheered on from the sidelines. No matter who the victim is.
That, and, it seems we’ve pretty much conceded that waterboarding is torture.
So, on both counts, please continue. It’s stupid. There are more important things to discuss.
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
this is really getting better by the hour!
youngO on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
First woman Speaker of the House and she goes and sullies the position.
theguardianii on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Interesting that we haven’t seen too much of Harry Reid these days………………..
Seven Percent Solution on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Palomino, meet Rahm Emmanuel’s steak knife.
hoosiermama on May 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Is it to early to talk about the over/under on resignation?
KelliD on May 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM
I’m so sick of it. Can’t stand no more. Sunny day. Heading out to the sunshine.
ronsfi on May 15, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Think the dems have him in hiding with VP. Plugs
Wade on May 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM
I also pass on what Glenn Beck said this morning: I challenge you to go out today in search of someone dumber than Nancy Pelosi.
Scarier: “Third in line.”
hoosiermama on May 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM
What is being missed is the fact that lying to congress can be a criminal offense. Fine depose her and then from her sworn statements we can get to the bottom of things. After all, if the CIA has committed a crime, we need to have oversight hearings and find out who is at fault and hold people responsible.
I suspect Pelosi is feverishly attempting to dismantle her petard as we speak.
moxie_neanderthal on May 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Nancy Pelosi is the leader of the Democratic Party. Pass it on.
Jim Treacher on May 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM
In looking at Nancy Peelousy it’s the public who require a blindfold. Hellzapoppin there. This is youtube gold. Though I doubt it will make the late night circuit. Have the majors started using the word ‘embattled’ to describe Ms. Peelousy? That would up the ante. Steny Hoyer must be carrying around a spitoon because of his salivating that the Speakership is within striking distance now.
eaglewingz08 on May 15, 2009 at 11:57 AM
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The CIA wouldn’t have “leaked” anything had san fran nan not lied.
Did she honestly think she could get away with lying? It’s the CIA for goodness sake.
txag92 on May 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Makes you wonder why no reporter made that point…
Is it Nov 2010 yet?
jeffn21 on May 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The CIA wouldn’t have “leaked” anything had san fran nan not lied.
Did she honestly think she could get away with lying? It’s the CIA for goodness sake.
txag92 on May 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Biden. Second in line.
Obama. First in line.
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The CIA wouldn’t have “leaked” anything had san fran nan not lied.
Did she honestly think she could get away with lying? It’s the CIA for goodness sake.
txag92 on May 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM
FTFY.
Who’s “we,” kemo sabe?
There always are. No matter the topic.
Jim Treacher on May 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Which is more plausible?
a)Nancy Pelosi knew of believed the CIA lied to her, that they were covering up information about waterboarding, and Nancy did nothing about it?
or
b)Nancy Pelosi is lying about the CIA to cover her own butt?
hawksruleva on May 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Look for MSM to bury this soon, Alan Keyes and crew are showing up at Notre Dame to protest the Chicago Jesus speech so there should be a brouhaha… and there goes Pelosi story.
Dire Straits on May 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Pelosi’s cooked.
nickj116 on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
So, its your position that when an elected Official LIES about a Governmental Agency, that is is not right for that Agency to fight back?
That when the THIRD IN LINE for the Presidency LIES to the Public, we should not know?
Interesting.
Romeo13 on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
It would truly be awesome to watch one of the ‘in crowd’ be held accountable, but I’m having a hard time believing that they’ll follow through with it.
blish on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The CIA wouldn’t have “leaked” anything had san fran nan not lied.
Did she honestly think she could get away with lying? It’s the CIA for goodness sake.
txag92 on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
So, its your position that when an elected Official LIES about a Governmental Agency, that is is not right for that Agency to fight back?
That when the THIRD IN LINE for the Presidency LIES to the Public, we should not know?
Interesting.
Romeo13 on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Pelosi and Obama birds of a feather.
steviedfromnc on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Pelosi and Obama birds of a feather.
steviedfromnc on May 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Makes you wonder why no reporter made that point…
Is it Nov 2010 yet?
jeffn21 on May 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The CIA wouldn’t have “leaked” anything had san fran nan not lied.
Did she honestly think she could get away with lying? It’s the CIA for goodness sake.
txag92 on May 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Just as scary….as to who 2nd in line is. THUD!!!
capejasmine on May 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM
What Obama wants, Obama will get.
patrick neid on May 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM
If I could bump this, I would. If every Cheney or Rush fart is an indictment of the GOP, this should equally speak volumes about the Democrats.
LastRick on May 15, 2009 at 12:02 PM
No way , that has to be unsubstantiated smear and taken out of context…
the_nile on May 15, 2009 at 12:03 PM
We have? I must have missed that memo.
LastRick on May 15, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Hey, guys? Your comments went through.
Jim Treacher on May 15, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Kit, you magnificent Bastard!
portlandon on May 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Oh! I also wanted to comment…
When msnbc decides to hold Obama to the same scrutiny that they are holding Ms. Pelosi, then I’ll commend them. Otherwise forget it. This is mere fun for them, to tear Nancy apart, all the while, protecting Obama, and his destruction of this nation.
capejasmine on May 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Good Bye
Wade on May 15, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I think they now got orders to take out Pelosi. Rahm/Axelrod has got more loyal people coming up.
the_nile on May 15, 2009 at 12:06 PM
That’s an easy challenge.
Todd Stroger, President of Cook County, IL, who’s raised taxes to almost the highest in the U.S.
Only to have a lien placed on his property on Monday for not paying his taxes.
See how easy that was? These scumbags are everywhere.
Knucklehead on May 15, 2009 at 12:07 PM
… and our first Alinsky-American President is failing regularly,too.
I thought he was too black to fail.
Right_of_Attila on May 15, 2009 at 12:07 PM
They have begun to eat their own already; nom nom nom
But this one has botox in it & is very plastic-y……blech
Ris4victory on May 15, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
Johan Klaus on May 15, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Kick her ass out. Maybe we should just wait until 2010 and let the chips fall where they may. If anything, the Dems will take a trouncing in 2010 and the “leadership” of Pelosi will be frowned upon after the election. Then, she’ll just “leave” the position “on her own accord” and we won’t have to listen to her sh** anymore. Even if the Dems have a large majority in the House in 2011, I can still see a large turnout of conservatives/right of center voters if this b.s. continues.
NathanG on May 15, 2009 at 12:10 PM
That, and, it seems we’ve pretty much conceded that waterboarding is torture.
So, on both counts, please continue. It’s stupid. There are more important things to discuss.
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM
I have not conceded that. I guess you could ask our troops if they would rather be water boarded, or have their heads cut off. You might get a different answer.
And 7% I was just thinking, now if we could get reid involved in this, he is as dumb as a rock too. But I can’t imagine that he has any love for san fran nan either.
She is a media hog and loves to be in the camera.
I’m enjoying this as well. I know there are other things to worry about, and I am, but it’s fun to see her pilloried by those who have loved and adored her. And for all the things she has said about Pres Bush, she deserves it all.
Bambi on May 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Sorry for all the posts. My compter had temporary nanaphobia.
txag92 on May 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM
If San Fran Nan had any honour, she commit ritual seppuku on national TV… Now that’s a joke… A democrat with honour… every dem in DC should get out their tantō… Seppuku is a key part of bush-ido, the code of the samurai warriors;
phreshone on May 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM
so long San Fran Nan
youngO on May 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Might be more a function of the butt wuppin’ that Liz Cheney
applied to O’Donnel’s tortured logic the other day!
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on May 15, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I would love to throw that freaking song right back in the face of those a-holes who sung that as Bush rode off. Sweet, sweet poetic justice! Muhahaha!
NathanG on May 15, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Hope your right.
Can’t help but have that feeling the kid had in the movie Red Dawn when he was standing on the mountain and yelled “Wolverine!!”. Damn that feels good!!
Dire Straits on May 15, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Question for the day:
What should Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pick as her swan song?
Yoop on May 15, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Happy days are here again!
Loxodonta on May 15, 2009 at 12:16 PM
How can this happen!
Nancy Palomino Pelosi is the most ethical,and powerful
women in the universe!
Nancy must RESIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ASAP,and EXPEDITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on May 15, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I hope George Bush is privately enjoying this. He’s way too classy and devoted to our country to speak out publicly, but I always figured he would have the last laugh when it comes to Pelosi. Her nasty arrogant remarks about him were classless, unfounded and way out of line.
sherry on May 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Mashup of “Memories” and “Oops, I Did It Again.”
Jim Treacher on May 15, 2009 at 12:19 PM
The only reason that the left hates Pelosi is they are afraid she will hurt their party NOT the country they could care less about how it affects America.
lavell12 on May 15, 2009 at 12:23 PM
How about Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch?” :)
NathanG on May 15, 2009 at 12:23 PM
“I left my harp in San Franfreakshow”
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on May 15, 2009 at 12:23 PM
I don’t believe that it has been “pretty much conceded”. It appears to me that the discussion continues on that matter.
Yes there are a multitude of important things to be discussed. I would think that one of those items that should be on the front burner, in this still dangerous world, is whether we can trust our intelligence agencies to tell us the truth.
Pelosi claims that we cannot trust them. We deserve to know who is lying, NOW.
Yoop on May 15, 2009 at 12:24 PM
O.K.
Story over…..
Alan Keyes just got arrested at the Notre Dame protests.
Knucklehead on May 15, 2009 at 12:25 PM
swan song?
Yoop on May 15,2009 at 12:15PM.
Yoop:
Helen Reddy`s, I`am Women!
or the song by Hole,but I can`t think of
the title!!:)
canopfor on May 15, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Don’t do it! The unknown lost ending to that was Truman falling to his death.
shick on May 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM
You mean like we have pretty much conceded that global warming is caused by man.
You have conceded it is torture…it is enhanced interrogation techniques.
Torture, and you may have a different opinion, is not allowing the prisoner to have a latte after the “torture”.
Our service men are not “tortured”, but they receive the same “torture”.
How many of our “tortured” souls have been killed? Lost limbs? Broken bones?…what you mean they were sleep deprived? How many drowned? Dislocated joint? Lost teeth? Buried alive?…sheeesh….
Yesterday it rained here, do you think it was also a hurricane? They both have rain….
You think the word “torture” means the same for all of the techniques, because you don’t have another word to use.
right2bright on May 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM
That’s the kind of, “well, duh” observation that sinks people forever. She’s done.
TheBigOldDog on May 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
EXACTLY…
right2bright on May 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
What goes around, comes around. Be careful what you wish for, it will come back to you, ten fold. I thought this, when Sykes wished kidney failure on Limbaugh.
capejasmine on May 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I did have the idea that, for her swan song, she might have a moment of clarity and belt out:
“I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)”
(Sonny Curtis of the Crickets)
Yoop on May 15, 2009 at 12:31 PM
I see lots of people saying “yes lets have hearings” on this or that. As if water boarding is torture.
Pelosi’s two faced lies are apparent and that’s wonderful. She’s caught up in this because of her stances and that’s wonderful as well. But here we have a bunch of people saying – yeah, let’s having hearings! – over something just a few weeks ago wasn’t worth the trouble. It’s disturbing.
Did I say any of this? I said that anonymous leaks, which may or may not be complete (much like what happened to Bush – things were leaked to complete an agenda behind the scenes) are a huge problem. The CIA has a mind of its own, it seems to operate outside the boundaries of everyone and given it’s track record in recent years, I’m not sure that it’s a great idea to have it totally out of control.
CIA’s random and incomplete leaks were bad under Bush and they are bad now. What amazes me is that people can’t see the problem with secret matters being kept secret.
Pelosi’s lies are apparent without any help from the CIA or leaks.
lorien1973 on May 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM
I agree with you that we shouldn’t rejoice in her behavior but there’s nothing wrong with enjoying truth shining forth and deception getting justice.
shick on May 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Pelosi has suggested that she was the victim of potentially criminal misconduct by the CIA. As the Speaker of the House and 2nd in line for the Presidency (guardianship of Slow-Joe Biden) she should be demanding an investigation.
To clear her good name Pelosi should be demanding to be deposed and an investigation as to who, what, when where and why. It is much to serious a charge to be swept under the rug. But we won’t hear that from Pelosi or her surrogates because it is not true.
Pelosi has repeatedly lied about her role with regard to enhanced interrogation and her implicit role in the program, lied about the conduct of others and now suggested potentially criminal misconduct by the CIA.
All the while she has vigorously used her office and position to destroy the people that helped construct the program for which she provided tacit approval. Absolutely detestable behavior and disqualifying as a leader. Very much on point lorien.
She deserves to be pilloried at the very least and probably removed. I think we’ve “pretty much conceded” that point.
moxie_neanderthal on May 15, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Send in the clowns.
portlandon on May 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Stick in their Nancy… Someone has got to really believe you…
Upstater85 on May 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Ah, but therein lies the problem. Pelosi’s lies may be apparent to you, and to me, and to the thinking or observant person, but possibly not to enough people.
This needs to be done in a very public manner. The sharks will not do their job, until there is blood-in-the-water.
Yoop on May 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Yes… keep the light on her – for eight years if needed. Even when we get back power, we should have some loony RINO keep the attack on Pelosi and Co – It’s all her fault.
Upstater85 on May 15, 2009 at 12:46 PM
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