Pelosi is trying to spin her way out of a tight spot. The CIA says that senior members of Congress, including Pelosi, were briefed on the program in 2002. Is the CIA lying now? Seems very unlikely. I agree that 3 is probably closest to the truth, at least from what we know today. Senior members of the Bush Administration knew, the CIA knew, and according to the best current information available (and contrary to Pelosi's statements) she and several other members of Congress were briefed. I don't know if they lied about it to the other members of Congress, or if they just regarded it as a state secret during wartime that should not be disclosed.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Judah Mc wrote: > > Based on that my intuition is that 2,3, and 4 are all true to various > degrees. 3 is probably closest to "the truth" but is such a qualified > statement that it really isn't useful without details. > > Judah > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Gruss G wrote: > > > > > (1.) The "interrogation program", whatever it was, was known and > > approved end-to-end by both branches of government (excl judicial). > > > > (2.) The program was known to the CIA and other intelligence who lied > > to both branches of government. > > > > (3.) The program was known by some in intelligence and some in > > government who lied about it to the others. > > > > (4.) The program was known by the President and intelligence who lied to > others. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297184 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
