House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of lying to her and other House Intelligence Committee members regarding the use of water boarding.
Pelosi got herself into this mess because she hoped to get political mileage out of a possible "truth commission" regarding Bush Administration interrogation policies. Her efforts to embarrass Bush and the GOP backfired on her as it came out that she was briefed on the techniques she now criticises but about which she had no complaint in 2002.
She upped the ante in her so-far feeble attempts to extricate herself from the mess she created by claiming that the CIA intentionally misled Congress regarding the use of water boarding. GOP members of the Committee who were also briefed were quick to dispute her views.
The most amazing part of her press conference (at least in my mind) was Pelosi's answer to the question of why she did not act to stop water boarding in 2003 when (she now admits) she did learn of its use (and, if we believe her claims about the 2002 briefing, that the CIA lied to the Committee). She said that instead of registering a protest to the Administration, she wanted to help Democrats win control of Congress and elect a Democrat President.
Isn't that great? Well, at least we know she isn't lying about her priorities!
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Repoman:
Speaking politically.... The Republicans want to be voted back in charge? Hell, you guys can't even deal with firing an obvious light weight like Michael Steele. Could the party start acting with a bit of "steel" and simply say, "We made a misstake, Michael, you're done." Please, show me something other than a bunch of yestersday's players attempting to re- live their heady days in the spotlight.
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