(GOP Rep. Pete) Hoekstra considers hearings on Pelosi, interrogations [View All]

Source: The Hill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is under renewed fire after the Obama administration released documents that critics say contradict her claim that she was never told that U.S. detainees were being waterboarded.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.), the top Republican on House Intelligence, in an interview Friday said the document proves that Pelosi knew waterboarding occurred but has denied is because of political pressure from the liberal base of her party.

“Clearly her left wing is outraged that waterboarding was used,” Hoekstra said. “The bottom line is she and her key staff, they all knew about it.”

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He is also considering calling for congressional hearings on what members knew and when they knew it.

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Still, it doesn't conclusively answer the question of what Pelosi knew, and when she knew it. It says that they were briefed on the methods used to interrogate suspected al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah, but doesn't specifically mention waterboarding.

Pelosi (D-Calif.) did join in a protest filed after the first briefing that specifically mentioned waterboarding in 2003.

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-under-renewed-fire-over-interrogations-2009-05-08.html