Pelosi Reasserts Claims On CIA Interrogation Techniques

Prodded by the release of dozens of declassified CIA documents, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reasserted her longstanding position about what she knew regarding the agency's use of harsh interrogation practices. "I have never been briefed by the CIA or anyone else on the subject of those interrogations, to the extent that they were being used," the California Democrat told reporters Tuesday. "We were only briefed that there were lawyers in the Justice Department that thought they were legal, period."

The comments marked Pelosi's first foray into the controversy in nine months that pitted the top House Democrat against the nation's premier spy agency. Responding to a lawsuit filed by Amnesty International and two other human rights watchdog groups, the CIA released several dozen documents detailing how the CIA handled suspected terrorism suspects and briefed lawmakers about it.

The documents show Pelosi was briefed about "ongoing interrogations of Abu Zubaydah" on April 24, 2002, just weeks after the top Al Qaeda suspect was captured in Pakistan. Previously, Pelosi asserted the 2002 briefing covered only "interrogation techniques the administration was considering using in the future." Last May, Pelosi accused the CIA of lying to her and other lawmakers about enhanced interrogation techniques used by the agency on terrorism suspects known as high-value detainees. Waterboarding, a simulated form of drowning, is one of the tactics interrogators used to coax information out of the suspects. Its use drew severe criticism because the United States has abstained from it in past conflicts.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/23/pelosi-renews-dispute-cia-interrogation-techniques/

FAUX News is linking CIA torture with the Democrats, it appears. I thought Pelosi's dad was a big-city mayor. Who's dad directed the CIA? Who fired four CIA directors before leaving Obama a political puppet to fire.? Who was president when all this CIA crap hit the news?

The article is much like others that go right up the board. If someone will give their opinion(s) I'll appreciate them. Should I have left the comment off? I didn't want anyone to think I consider FOX a valid news source. They ARE funny, though.