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1. #101
   On May 14th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, T-Bone said:

   And Clinton along with Jamie Gorelick (No relation to Al)

2. #102
   On May 14th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, Cogs said:

   This is a syndrome that Democrats can’t shake. Whenever they use a remote angle or untruth for political purposes, it comes back to bite them. ACORN, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Barack Obama, the Clinton’s, AlGore, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Charlie Rangel, etc; the list is long.

3. #103
   On May 14th, 2009 at 4:15 pm, CantCureStupid said:

   Here’s hoping that the CIA likes to play with it’s food before eating it. I don’t expect them to sit still for being called liars by a harpie who could barely string words together this morning.

   Maybe tomorrow she can stutter through an explanation of why the CIA would need to lie to a Republican majority Congress, anyway.

4. #104
   On May 14th, 2009 at 4:17 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   Then:

   “I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein. … Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons.”

   Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California)
   Addressing the US House of Representatives
   October 10, 2002
   Congressional Record, p. H7777

   Now:

   “They mislead us all the time,” she said. And when a reporter asked whether the agency lied, she did not disagree.

   She also suggested that the current Republican criticism marked an attempt to divert attention from the Bush administration’s actions.

   “They misrepresented every step of the way, and they don’t want that focus on them, so they try to turn the focus on us,” she said.

   HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Translation for idiots:

   I am too stoopid to think for myself. I am wrong and I need to blame someone.

5. #105
   On May 14th, 2009 at 5:10 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

   This is the same woman who over saw the bail out, budget, tarp, etc., stuff?

6. #106
   On May 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

   You people are so full of it –

   Abu Ghraib is a national embarrassment.

   And you “Christians” don’t have a problem with our actions.

   The Iraq war is an international embarrassment and look at how you “Christians” support it.

   We’ve created 2 million Iraqi refugees and you “Christians” don’t care.

   You “Christians” remind me of the Christians in Nazi Germany.

7. #107
   On May 14th, 2009 at 5:15 pm, sassy745 said:

   “They misrepresented every step of the way,and they don’t want that focus on them, so they try to turn the focus on us” she said.
   I think she’s paranoid, that is what she and the libs do all the time.

8. #108
   On May 14th, 2009 at 5:16 pm, Papa Louie said:

   When Pelosi was asked if she should have done more to speakout against torture, she answered “no”. She said she was too busy with important things at that time, like wresting control of Congress from the GOP.

   In other words, her personal ambition and lust for power were too important for her to waste on efforts to protest the use of torture.
   But now that she is in control of Congress, she’ll make time for a “truth commission” and make whatever efforts are necessary to prosecute the Bush Administration for doing something she knew about and made no effort to stop. Pelosi is admitting that, in her world, power trumpts values, and she’s not the least bit ashamed to acknowledge it.

9. #109
   On May 14th, 2009 at 5:18 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

   What does abu Ghraib have to do with Pelosi lying about whether she was informed about enhanced interrogation techniques?

   They are only tangentially, at best, related.

   I’m sure all Christians (maybe Reverend Wright is an exception, but his ‘Christianity’ is somewhat debatable) remind you of Nazis, so that isn’t much of an insult…

10. #110
    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:22 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Ilovemycountry said:

    Ah, the Neo-Bigots are out…

    When is “I hate Jews” day?

11. #111
    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:28 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Ilovemycountry Ihatechristians said:

    You people are so full of it –
    Abu Ghraib is a national embarrassment.

    And you “Christians” don’t have a problem with our actions.

    Name any “Christians” on this blog who don’t have a problem with the abuses that took place in Abu Ghraib. If you can’t provide evidence that a majority (or even a large minority) of “Christians” have no problem with Abu Ghraib, then we will all know who “is so full of it.”

12. #112
    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pm, CleanGuy said:

    From the AP story on AOL:

    But Pelosi defended her own lack of action on the issue, saying her focus at the time was on wresting congressional control from Republicans so her party could change course.

    “No letter could change the policy. It was clear we had to change the leadership in Congress and in the White House. That was my job — the Congress part,” Pelosi said.

    Infuriating!!!! She should have been paying attention to issues more important than playing politics and making power grabs! This proves her ineptness and unsuitability to be 3rd in line. What a power-hungry woman! How can people in California keep her in office?

13. #113
    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:43 pm, Papa Louie said:

    It’s clear that Nancy and the gang want to rewrite history. They have not always been against so called torture. Right after 9-11, and even as late as 2004, key democrats had no problem with harsh interrogation techniques to keep this country safe:

    We ought to be reasonable about this. I think there are probably very few people in this room or in America who would say that torture should never, ever be used, particularly if thousands of lives are at stake. …my guess is most Americans and most senators, maybe all, would say, ‘Do what you have to do.’ So it’s easy to sit back in the armchair and say that torture can never be used. But when you’re in the foxhole, it’s a very different deal.”

    – Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY); June 8, 2004; Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

14. #114
    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:45 pm, CleanGuy said:

    And “Christian” has nothing to do with it. We have a country here to protect. We follow some Judeo-Christian principles, but this is NOT a theocracy. If the Administration needed to splash some water on someone to get info out of them, have at it. Bush, Rice and everyone involved have said repeatedly that they kept it all legal, and waterboarding was considered legal. If so, HAVE AT IT! We have a country to protect, and sitting down for tea and crumpets is not going to do it.

15. #115
    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:08 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    If ever there were a tin foil hat moment, this would be it.

16. #116
    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Oops – sorry about that post.

    You christians are right, all we did was splash some water on peoples faces – oh and about those 143 people who died in those enhanced interegations – well as good conservative christians would say “God works in mysterious ways”.

17. #117
    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:31 pm, Papa Louie said:

    On a related topic, the CIA said today that it has denied a request by Dick Cheney to declassify secret memos detailing the valuable information obtained from harsh interrogation techniques.

    Does their reason for this denial raise a flag with anybody else?

    CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said Thursday that the request was turned down because the documents are the subject of pending litigation — making them not subject to declassification.

    “For that reason — and that reason only — CIA did not accept Mr. Cheney’s request for a Mandatory Declassification Review,” said Gimigliano.

    Remember when the torture memos were declassified and released to the public? One of the reasons they gave for the release was to satisfy the demands of an ACLU lawsuit. This is what the ACLU said about the memos at the time:

    In response to litigation filed by the American Civil Liberties Union under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Justice Department today released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture.

    So, they released the torture memos because of litigation, but they refuse to release Cheney’s memos because of litigation. It sounds like they want to have it both ways. Maybe Nancy is right on one point. Someone is trying to mislead us. But I don’t think it’s the CIA; it’s the Obama Administration pulling the strings.

18. #118
    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, Papa Louie said:

    Ilovemycountry said:

    - oh and about those 143 people who died in those enhanced interegations…

    Wow, 143 people died during enhanced interrogations? That’s news to me. Can you provide a link? Can you name any of the 143 who died? I really want to know whether Dick Cheney lied when he said no one died from waterboarding, or whether you are using “enhanced” statistics…

19. #119
    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:52 pm, 24Klady said:

    And, since our illustrious elected officials have nothing better to do (while ‘Bambi lamely deals with one of the most serious financial crisis this country has ever faced)they plan on questioning Rove about the attorney firings. I am left scratching my head…they are going to get so many hearings and commissions going nothing will get done. That is a good thing.

    Papa Louie – you’re onto the real scheme.

20. #120
    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pm, Marie said:

    I believe Nancy’s ass is grass and the CIA will be the lawn mower…..

21. #121
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:00 pm, 24Klady said:

    Marie
    Krauthammer on Fox just said that this would not be the first politician that’s been brought down by selected leaks. Payback is golden. Leaks. I want leaks! Juicy stuff too.

22. #122
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:09 pm, txvet2 said:

    On May 14th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Oops – sorry about that post.

    You christians are right, all we did was splash some water on peoples faces – oh and about those 143 people who died in those enhanced interegations – well as good conservative christians would say “God works in mysterious ways”.

    I don’t know of anybody who was killed by “enhanced interrogation” by Americans, but that of course doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen. On the other hand, this has the distinct air of a lie or a distortion of the facts. Naturally, you can clear this all up by providing a source or a link for your allegation.

23. #123
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:14 pm, Southpaw said:

    War Criminal. Arrest this woman. War Criminal. Arrest this woman. War Criminal. War Criminal. I wish I had some handcuffs to arrest this woman right now. War Criminal. WAR CRIMINAL. WAAAAR CRIIIIMIIINAAAL.

    Heh, heh, heh.

    The future of the liberal left looks pretty bleak.
    \ˈblēk\
    Function: adjective
    Etymology: Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English blāc
    Date: 1574
    1: exposed and barren and often windswept
    2: cold, raw
    3 a: lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness : grim b: not hopeful or encouraging : depressing c: severely simple or austere
    synonyms see DISMAL

24. #124
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:20 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    Ilove(whatever),

    Abu Grhaib was not our finest hour but pales, dramatically, with videotaped beheadings. Sorry you tool, I have no tears for those D-bags. If your moniker is accurate, your country certainly is not the USA. Back under the bridge lightweight. And be cautious, your Christian-hating bias is blowing in the breeze.

25. #125
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:29 pm, flenser said:

    You “Christians” remind me of the Christians in Nazi Germany.

    Why do I doubt that you knew any Christians, or anybody at all, in Nazi Germany? In fact I’ll eat my mouse pad if you’ve ever been to Germany.

    So we don’t “remind” you of anything.

26. #126
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:31 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    Watch her squirm as her lies grow beyond all proportion. Caught in her own stench of deceit and denial. Under pressure the “real Nancy” emerges. A most pathetic creature.

    Time to move along and join John Edwards in the most unwanted bin. Bye, bye…

27. #127
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:35 pm, Send_Me said:

    On May 14th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, 24Klady said:
    I know nothing about classified documents, but if these are so double top secret, does it take a presidential order to release them?

    Good question: it depends on who is the original classification authority of the document. Also, as per Executive Order 13292, signed by President Bush:

    PART 3—DECLASSIFICATION AND DOWNGRADING
    Sec. 3.1. Authority for Declassification. (a) Information shall be declassified as soon as it no longer meets the standards for classification under this order.
    (b) It is presumed that information that continues to meet the classification requirements under this order requires continued protection. In some exceptional cases, however, the need to protect such information may be outweighed by the public interest in disclosure of the information, and in these cases the information should be declassified. When such questions arise, they shall be referred to the agency head or the senior agency official.
    That official will determine, as an exercise of discretion, whether the public interest in disclosure outweighs the damage to the national security that might reasonably be expected from disclosure.

28. #128
    On May 14th, 2009 at 7:42 pm, Mach1Duck said:

    Did not Martha Stewart go to jail for a simple little lie, which was much less damaging than what the Speaker of the House has said?

29. #129
    On May 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pm, Papa Louie said:

    CleanGuy said:

    From the AP story on AOL:

    But Pelosi defended her own lack of action on the issue, saying her focus at the time was on wresting congressional control from Republicans so her party could change course.

    “No letter could change the policy. It was clear we had to change the leadership in Congress and in the White House. That was my job — the Congress part,” Pelosi said.

    Anyone in Congress who says that how our country is governed and protected is not her job; that the rule of law is not her job; that her main job is to wrest control of Congress, should be fired! They should definitely not be making our laws.

    (Thanks for the quote, CleanGuy. But please wash your hands every time you type the name “Pelosi” if you want to remain “CleanGuy”.)

30. #130
    On May 14th, 2009 at 9:04 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Just watched this witch again on TV. She’s outright lying and she knows it. To outright say the CIA lied to her (note there is NO other corroboration coming from anyone else) is ridiculous.

    This is only going to get worse…

    Because the idiots in SF will re-elect this incompetent idiot. And to think she’s 3rd in line.

31. #131
    On May 14th, 2009 at 9:31 pm, 24Klady said:

    Send_Me
    Thank you, wasn’t sure what I was looking for in the dreaded Google.

    Does anyone besides me wonder if this whole thing has Rohm’s signature all over it?
    1. It’s the ultimate skin game to rid the WH of dealing with the pesky SanFranNan. She does tend to boss around a tad.
    2. It could also be the ultimate game of chicken to see who blinks first (I know, my bad).
    3. What if they are really intent on calling in all their marks and going for the grand prize of prosecuting, not only a V.P. but Pres. from a prior administration?
    4. If #3 is the goal, will they also go after Slick Willie? Just to take out any criticism of playing politics, at the same time making sure Hillary doesn’t entertain the idea of running in 2012?

    We live in interesting times indeed.

32. #132
    On May 14th, 2009 at 9:31 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    There’s only one way to get to the truth:

    Waterboard Nancy Pelosi

33. #133
    On May 14th, 2009 at 9:44 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    For eight long years I thought Cheney, The John Wayne of politics, as the best man in government. I doubt he would have tired to placate the Left or Destroy Capitalism to save it.

    Waterboard Pelosi.

34. #134
    On May 14th, 2009 at 9:52 pm, 24Klady said:

    During the election for 2000 – I initially voted for Cheney. Pres. Bush was simply icing on the cake. Didn’t care much for Bush ’41, but respected and hoped his son had learned from his mistakes.

    By 2004, I knew we had to keep Cheney close and working his magic, whatever it was.

    I really miss Laura Bush and Lynn Cheney. Both class acts.

    Where are the adults in the room in this WH – enjoying cocktails on Weds. with the boyz from da hood.

35. #135
    On May 14th, 2009 at 10:07 pm, CW4_KGP said:

    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    You people are so full of it –

    Abu Ghraib is a national embarrassment.

    And you “Christians” don’t have a problem with our actions.

    The Iraq war is an international embarrassment and look at how you “Christians” support it.

    We’ve created 2 million Iraqi refugees and you “Christians” don’t care.

    You “Christians” remind me of the Christians in Nazi Germany.

    A question for you: What country is yours to love? It sure is not the United States. The real embarrassment is the lack of national resolve and will to do the right thing and do what it takes to bring peace to that part of the world. Or would you prefer we simply allow them to first kill off all the dissenting voices in their region then move on to the rest of the world? Explain your logic in allowing a conflict to go on with the attendant death and destrction.

    It is always better to do all we can to stop a conflict – in this case we could not stop it, but hopefully we will cause it to be shorter and bring freedom and liberty to people who had never voted in a fair and free election before….but none of that matters to a person of your ilk, whose only concern is their own little minded liberal agenda.

    And a comment: You are a typical bleeding heart liberal who finds fault with all that is done to protect you – whether you realize it or not. Pick up a weapon and stand a post or sit back with your remote, cheetos and pepsi and take in the show.

    You should take heed of TR’s words from long ago….

    “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

    “Citizenship in a Republic,”
    Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

    Don’t be a nancy. Come make it end and stop the “embarrassment.”

36. #136
    On May 14th, 2009 at 10:25 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On May 14th, 2009 at 10:07 pm, CW4_KGP said:

    Chief,

    Well written. I am always amused that after 6 years of combat and two plus million troops rotating through Iraq, the only incident people like ilovemycountry can whine about is Abu Graib, where no one even sustained a major injury.

    I wonder if he can name another army in the entire history of this planet that had a better track record of maintaining their professionalism, discipline, and cohesion?

    You nailed it. He just needs to sit back with the Pepsi and take it in.

37. #137
    On May 14th, 2009 at 10:36 pm, Wellsy said:

    No one’s saying Abu Ghraib was OK, but as stated before, it doesn’t compare to the treatment by the worst of despotic regimes against its prisoners.

    Now, on topic, regarding Pelosi’s flaming hypocrisy and outrageous smearing of our intelligence community, it’s a pathetic effort to save her own political hide. Instead, she ends up looking like an ass.

    And remember this – the epitaph on Pelosi’s political career will read, “With civility and bipartisanship, this will be the most ethical and transparent Congress in history.”

38. #138
    On May 14th, 2009 at 11:54 pm, Ragspierre said:

    What’s more important, it is Obama — along with congressional Democrats — who has made the CIA risk-averse. Together, they have done that by demonstrating to CIA officers that when asked to engage in a risky venture that has been approved by the president, the Justice Department, and key members of Congress, they may suffer consequences if they trust those assurances.

    As former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss has said, “It is certainly not trust that is fostered when intelligence officers are told one day ‘I have your back’ only to learn a day later that a knife is being held to it.”

    Thus, as detailed in the Newsmax story Obama Has Paralyzed the CIA, at a time when al-Qaida is plotting to wipe us out with a nuclear attack, Obama and the Democrats have jeopardized our safety by returning the CIA to a pre-9/11 risk-averse mentality.

    Democrats’ effort to blame it all on the CIA shows they have no shame.

    http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/obama_cia/2009/05/14/214317.html

    For seven years, there has been no successful major attack on the US.

    Anybody feel like that was just coincidence?

    Anybody feeling safer under BIG BRO…?

39. #139
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:02 am, 29Victor said:

    Oh what a tangled web…

40. #140
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:07 am, atxcowgirl said:

    What’s really scary – Pelosi is only 2 heartbeats away from the presidency.

41. #141
    On May 15th, 2009 at 4:31 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    You people are so full of it –

    Abu Ghraib is a national embarrassment.

    Wouldnt have been if some dumba$$ hadnt published the pictures.

    Just because you keep your crazy aunt locked in your attic, that doesnt mean you HAVE to take her to Wal-Mart or invite her to Thanksgiving dinner.

    And you “Christians” don’t have a problem with our actions.

    Now which “Christians” are you refering to? The New Testament ones or the old school “Im going to knock your jock in the dirt” Old Testament ones?

    Because what comes around goes around. You didnt think we might not like being fed to the lions back in the day? The Jews are still fighting the Arabs 2000 years later, why should we forget what happened to us?

    I dont get why the libs believe all Christians are peaceloving, “turn the other cheek” ones or “hypocrites” but yet the libs dont believe in any of the rest of the Bible.

    —–

    Heres a little clue. Some of us dont believe waterboarding (as the US implements it) is torture. (yeh, yeh, dont care what John McCain thinks) If I am captured and get threatened with waterboarding…. I WILL tell you what you want to know. Because waterboarding WORKS. And those of us who have been through that or something similar, knows it works. It sucks. Bad.

    Now if you hang me from a chain and beat me to a pulp, then revive me to do it again – I’m going to resist. But you may or may not get the answer you are looking for. Although I (as well as eveyone else on here) will eventually crack. But thats real torture.

42. #142
    On May 15th, 2009 at 4:37 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Maybe we should threaten to waterboard Pelosi and get to the real truth. I bet if the CIA let her watch a REAL EIT, she wouldnt be so keen to call them “misleading”.

    But if she went through an actual waterboarding event herself, I bet in less than 2 minutes she would have a come to Jesus moment and even switch to the GOP.

43. #143
    On May 15th, 2009 at 4:40 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:07 am, atxcowgirl said:

    What’s really scary – Pelosi is only 2 heartbeats away from the presidency.

    Yeh, but now she may have pi$$ed off the CIA, so I’m not too worried.

    The better question is, who is 3 heartbeats away from the presidency?

44. #144
    On May 15th, 2009 at 4:50 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    And you “Christians” don’t have a problem with our actions.

    And to extend the metaphor… Not all “Christians” are going to get in to heaven – so dont worry about us.

    Heaven may be like a popular New York nightclub. And some of “us” are probably going to get stuck standing in the rope line outside the Pearly Gates forever.

45. #145
    On May 15th, 2009 at 5:51 am, fuseman said:

    the longer blinky can stay in power, the more damage she will do to her own party.

46. #146
    On May 15th, 2009 at 7:11 am, frontierguy said:

    If Nancy Pelosi gives up the gavel, this was done by BHO. I would put money down that Pelosi has a big mouth and does not know how to keep it shut. We saw her say unprofessional things to Bush in his presence, can you imagine what she was saying in her office, and you know what gossipers people inherently are, it got back to him. He did not take her on, probably best thing to do.

    Now, she is on the hill throwing her weight around, probably claiming Obama is not her boss, saying snide things like he needs to heed her advice because he is wet behind the ears, claiming she will cut off his funds, but this is the same party now. She got in over her head I think.

    BHO probably decided to kick her to the curb. You saw her kiss his butt the other day, she used to stand her own next to him. She knows where the heat is coming from. If he asks her to step down, a good possible scenario IMO, I’m going to miss this soap opera. I kinda want to see her turn in her gavel in 2010, hopefully after the dems get outed for the criminals they are and lose their seats. Oh well, Buh bye Nan, DLTDHYOTWO.

47. #147
    On May 15th, 2009 at 7:28 am, Uplander said:

    “IloveMyCountry”. Which country is that Comrade? Yours died a horrible death in the ’80s’ and became only ‘Russia’.

48. #148
    On May 15th, 2009 at 9:12 am, Ragspierre said:

    On the night of March 9, 1945, LeMay sent 346 huge B-29 bombers loaded with napalm from the Mariana Islands (Guam, Saipan and Tinian) to Tokyo. The first planes dropped their incendiaries on the front and back of the target area — like lighting up both ends of a football field at night. The rest of the planes filled in the middle. More than 16 square miles of Japan’s capital city were gutted, two million people were left homeless, and 100,000 were dead.

    It didn’t end there. Washington gave LeMay the green light as his bombers burned 64 more cities. He used the World Almanac and just went down the list by population. Altogether, an estimated 350,000 people lost their lives. Anyone hearing this for the first time in 2009 would be hard pressed to defend such an action.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124234559143121723.html#mod=rss_opinion_main

    This was done many more times in both Japan and Germany.

    It was heartily approved of by people at home here. They knew they were in a fight with evil people for survival.

    In our time, so many Americans have lost the ability to see evil, or call it what it is, and they seem to loath the idea of surviving.

    Amazing….

49. #149
    On May 15th, 2009 at 9:24 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    Sen. Kit Bond (R) provided more information that helps confirm Pelosi is a lying sack of ^%$@.

    Sen. Kit Bond said he has reviewed the CIA’s materials and it was clear that Pelosi had been informed about the enhanced interrogation method, although he acknowledged he was not present when the spy agency briefed Pelosi on Sept. 4, 2002.

    He added that lawmakers at the time were more interested in the type of information being obtained from interrogations of terror detainees rather than the method by which it was obtained.

    “The people who were briefed were asking about the kind of information that was received and they wanted to know what information had been received,” Bond told NBC’s “Today” show. “They were not saying, ‘Hey, don’t do waterboarding or any other of the enhanced techniques.’ They said, ‘Are we getting enough information?’ That was the focus at the time.”

    Bond added that the interrogations did yield valuable information.

    “Clearly we were all concerned about a second attack and I believe information stopped at least one if not several attacks in the United States.”

50. #150
    On May 15th, 2009 at 9:53 am, GraniteMan said:

    Just think of the stupidty and gall of this woman!
    She gets a minimal briefing (her words) about what she describes later as torture and she does nothing to investigate fully and learn more. If she was so “busy” fighting a war in Iraq(her claim) than clearly she is incapable of such responsibilities as House Speaker. It’s time for her to go!

51. #151
    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:25 am, Ragspierre said:

    One former CIA official summed up their feelings by stating that, “America would be better off if the focus and energy of our leaders were spent on pursuing the terrorists rather than releasing memos giving a one-sided point of view that questions the integrity of the intelligence community.”

    http://www.newmajority.com/ShowScroll.aspx?ID=b92fec52-d14c-4aa4-83bd-c714cdf82b54

52. #152
    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:33 am, spaceycakes said:

    You christians

    You there; stop typing.

    G-d will not be mocked.

    Get behind us all, Satan.

53. #153
    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:34 am, jangar said:

    Ilovemycountry

    What country would that be?

54. #154
    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:53 am, lgm said:

    The bigger new part of the torture story is that Cheney & the neocons authorized torture because the detainees were not connecting Saddam with 9/11. The detainees already had given up all their truthful information, but had trouble producing the lies Cheney was looking for.

55. #155
    On May 15th, 2009 at 11:46 am, spaceycakes said:

    lgm said:…but had trouble producing the lies

    we don’t have that same ‘trouble’ on this forum…we just copy & paste your posts…

56. #156
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, DBNinKY said:

    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:53 am, lgm said:

    First – there was no torture.

    Second, what ever took place, occured with Democrat Nanacy Pelosi’s full knowledge and it didn’t seem to concern very much at the time; in fact, there are claims she wanted to make sure we were doing all we could.

    Third, you’re quoting Talkingpointsmemo.com – a liberal hack site – and expect us to take you seriously?!
    HA!

    BTW, is it Cheney or Pelosi who’s now feeling the heat?

57. #157
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, John424 said:

    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:53 am, lgm said:
    The bigger new part of the torture story

    Since when is something that causes no permanent physical, mental or emotional damage torture?

    Humiliation is not torture.

    Videotaped beheadings with dull blades, electrodes attached to private areas of the body, etc. = torture.

    Making somebody temporarily uncomfortable does not equal torture.

    lgm, I reject the premise your side puts forth in this argument. What was done to these non-uniformed combatants was not torture.

    In fact, we were more generous than we had any obligation to be. Non-uniformed combatants have no rights under international law. They can be summarily executed.

    We let them live because we thought they might have information that would save American lives. Anything after that point was a bonus to them.

    They are still alive when by all rights we should have terminated them with extreme prejudice before leaving the battlefield.

    So spare me the “torture” argument.

58. #158
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    We let them live because we thought they might have information that would save American lives. Anything after that point was a bonus to them.

    Isnt keeping them alive torture in itself? How can we really deprive them of their 72 virgins and call ourselves a civilized society…

    (even though we know that once the 72 virgins become non-virgins, then it will be eternal torture… )

59. #159
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Since when is something that causes no permanent physical, mental or emotional damage torture?

    Humiliation is not torture.

    Videotaped beheadings with dull blades, electrodes attached to private areas of the body, etc. = torture.

    Making somebody temporarily uncomfortable does not equal torture.

    Torture is what the poor souls trapped above the crash zones of the Twin Towers endured before they either jumped – hand in hand – from the windows, or that ended when the buildings collapsed.

    The Left is being ridiculous with this torture nonsense.

60. #160
    On May 15th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    The Panetta (Clinton) CIA is prerry much saying to Nancy, “Fire, Scarecrow?”

61. #161
    On May 15th, 2009 at 2:39 pm, blues said:

    All you silly people,saying Nancy is lying.Don’t you realize it is impossible for an insane person to lie? After all Crazy Nancy can’t tell the difference between lying and telling the truth.Quit picking on the mentally challenged./sarc.

62. #162
    On May 15th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, CleanGuy said:

    Papa Louis said:

    Thanks for the quote, CleanGuy. But please wash your hands every time you type the name “Pelosi” if you want to remain “CleanGuy”.

    No, no washing for me. I need the germs to build up my immune system so I’m ready for the next attack. Kinda like saying “Voldemort”.

63. #163
    On May 15th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On multiple occasions, Nancy Pelosi lied about what the Bible says.

    If she’ll lie about that, she’ll lie about anything.

    Former Speaker Gingrich on Speaker Pelosi:

    “She is a trivial politician, viciously using partisanship for the narrowest of purposes, and she dishonors the Congress by her behavior.”

    “…she either comes across as incompetent, or dishonest. Those are the only two defenses,” Gingrich said. “The fact is she either didn’t do her job, or she did do her job and she’s now afraid to tell the truth.”

    Pelosi claims the CIA mislead/lied to her and Congress.

    Pelosi was told the truth by the CIA, says … Obama appointee Leon Panetta

    I repeat: If Nancy Pelosi will lie, repeatedly, about what the Bible says, then she will lie about anything.

64. #164
    On May 15th, 2009 at 4:30 pm, graysonret said:

    It took her long enough to get a good “excuse” worked up, with her advisors. The “excuse” didn’t convince me. Try again, Pelosi.

65. #165
    On May 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pm, Papa Louie said:

    CleanGuy said:
    

    No, no washing for me. I need the germs to build up my immune system so I’m ready for the next attack. Kinda like saying “Voldemort”.

    I see. You like getting your hands dirty so you can fight dirty.
    Then refering to yourself as “CleanGuy” is kinda like Pelosi refering to her rule in Congress as the “most ethical” in history.

66. #166
    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:45 pm, gary_tambo said:

    more disgusting smears against michelle from the left. i made my comments known.
    http://www.playboy.com/articles/forum-newsfront-michelle-ma-bellicose-bitch/index.html

67. #167
    On May 15th, 2009 at 10:49 pm, CleanGuy said:

    SHHHH! Don’t tell my secret!

68. #168
    On May 16th, 2009 at 10:24 am, Republicanvet said:

    On May 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    You people are so full of it –

    Abu Ghraib is a national embarrassment.

    And you “Christians” don’t have a problem with our actions.

    The Iraq war is an international embarrassment and look at how you “Christians” support it.

    We’ve created 2 million Iraqi refugees and you “Christians” don’t care.

    You “Christians” remind me of the Christians in Nazi Germany.

    Bigot.

    And to think the left is ramming through Hate Speech laws to protect any kind of sexual deviant likely including sex with animals, yet Christians will be more open to attack than ever.

69. #169
    On May 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    That book cover photo must have been taken a looooooooong time ago from the looks of her. That or great post photo editing