Nancy Pelosi Contradicted By Fellow Democrat

May 14. 2009

Video: Pelosi: Bush, CIA Mislead Me on Torture - The Associated Press

Congressional House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is now claiming the CIA misled her on the torture practices, such as waterboarding, being conducted by the U.S. government. The CIA strongly denied the claim, stating it is not their policy to mislead Congress, also known as the senator is lying.

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Pelosi's fellow Democrat, House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, expressed he does not believe the CIA is lying, indicating she is being untruthful. I don't doubt she knew. Pelosi even knew about Bush's illegal wiretapping program run by the NSA and FBI and even benefited from it.

Pelosi: CIA misled her on waterboarding

By DAVID ESPO – 1 hour ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bluntly accused the CIA on Thursday of misleading her and other lawmakers about its use of waterboarding during the Bush administration, escalating a controversy grown to include both political parties, the spy agency and the White House.

"It is not the policy of this agency to mislead the United States Congress," responded CIA spokesman George Little, although he refused to answer directly when asked whether Pelosi's accusation was accurate...

In an embarrassment for the administration, the director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, told employees in a recent memo that interrogations that included waterboarding had secured useful intelligence. He later issued a public statement that said it was not known whether the same information could have been obtained without harsh techniques — the same position Obama has taken...

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Hoyer questions Pelosi's CIA charge

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) isn't exactly rushing to support Nancy Pelosi's claim she was "misled" by CIA officials during a 2002 intel briefing on waterboarding.

Hoyer -- a polished floor debater -- was drawn into an extended exchange with Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on the issue this afternoon and said he didn't have enough information on the briefings to draw a conclusion -- and wasn't inclined to doubt the CIA anyway.

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