If the September briefing was clear that waterboarding was used on Zubaydah in August, why did Goss write that the techniques “were to actually be employed”? Surely it it would have been simpler to write ‘They told us the techniques had already been employed’.

Well. If Goss is saying that waterboarding was mentioned and that the techniques were described as “to be used”, that is troublingly consistent with part of Pelosi’s story.