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Nancy Pelosi On Waterboarding - 10/8/07

From Fox News Sunday:


Transcript: Speaker Nancy Pelosi on ‘FNS’

Monday, October 08, 2007

WASHINGTON —  This is a rush transcript from “FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace,” October 7, 2007. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: It’s been nine months since Nancy Pelosi became the first woman speaker of the House and opened a new combative relationship between Congress and the president. On Friday in the Capitol, we had a chance to talk with the speaker about that and why public approval of Congress is now at historic lows. Our interview took place in the speaker’s ceremonial office.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WALLACE: Speaker Pelosi, welcome back to Fox News Sunday.

REP. NANCY PELOSI, D-CALIF., HOUSE SPEAKER: My pleasure…

WALLACE: It’s been disclosed this week that the Justice Department, after publicly declaring torture abhorrent in 2004, secretly, a few months later, approved the — in combination — the use of head slapping, water boarding and exposure to extreme temperatures.

The president now says that the leadership, the Congress, was fully informed, and that this is not torture.

First question: Were you ever briefed about this policy or the secret Justice Department memos?

PELOSI: Well, in order to know if I’m briefed about it, I’d have to be briefed about it now. What exactly is the president talking about? Yes, let me get my credentials right out there. I’m the longest-serving member of Congress on the intelligence committee, both on the committee and ex officio as a leader. So we have been briefed on some tactics used by the administration.

But I’d have to see what we’re talking about here, because this is — all I know is what I’ve read in the New York Times.

WALLACE: You were never briefed about these secret memos in 2005?

PELOSI: No, not about the secret memos.

But let me say also, again, as one who appreciates the value of intelligence to protect the American people, I think it’s very important that we have the best possible intelligence. And there’s international cooperation on this, and there are international standards on it. And I think that protecting the American people being our top priority, we should do so in a way that is within the law, and experts agree that you do not obtain reliable intelligence through using these tactics.

WALLACE: So let me ask you directly…

PELOSI: … and you diminish our reputation in the world, which hurts the cooperation we need to collect the intelligence we need to protect the American people.

WALLACE: So let me ask you directly. Do you think that the interrogation techniques that have been reported — let’s not talk about what’s in the memo, but what’s been reported — in combination, head slapping, water boarding, exposure to extreme temperatures. Torture?

PELOSI: There is a legal definition of torture that I believe this would fit. The president says it is not. Again, we have to see the degree and what he is talking about, because again, to answer on the basis of something that’s been reported in the press that the president has deemed is not torture, it’s just not — I just can’t give you an informative answer on that.

By the way, this is the same interview in which Ms. Pelosi claimed she prayed for George Bush and for victory for our soldiers in Iraq.

What a liar this woman is.

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6 Responses to “Nancy Pelosi On Waterboarding - 10/8/07”

  1. Sergeant Tim
    December 10th, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    Great catch, S&L.

    Mark Levin noted your post a few minutes ago on his radio show.

  2. SG
    December 10th, 2007 at 7:20 pm

    Thanks, Sgt. Tim. It’s an honor to see you here.

    And for those who don’t recognize Sgt. Tim’s name from Mr. Levin’s show or elsewhere, you should check out his great site:

    9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
    http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/

  3. wardmama4
    December 10th, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    SGT Tim & SG - Thank You for the link. As with so much of late - the msm would never,ever admit that in the endnotes (who reads the endnotes, except those of us who desire real proof and evidence for what we believe and believe in) - show just another one of the lies.

    I still maintain that this is nothing more than an stupid and half-a**** attempt to remind that masses (24 days from an election, with the Hildabeast sliding freefall into oblivion) - that evil bushitlerburtonco is Nixonesque in it’s vile tromping of freedoms of Americans.

    That this issue is about War, the obtaining of information from terrorists and the protection of the citizens of this country. I am tired of people who care nothing but about their bank accounts and the next election - claiming that they were never briefed nor provided with information - when the proof is in the Congressional record that they are all nothing but liars.

  4. Sergeant Tim
    December 10th, 2007 at 11:46 pm

    You’ve a great site, SG. I have dropped by here a good many times just never thought to log in and comment.

    It was interesting to see the Washington Post so quickly follow the NY Times’ initial reporting about the destroyed interrogation tapes with its ‘Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002′ report yesterday and specifically outing Pelosi in their first paragraph:

    “In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was given a virtual tour of the CIA’s overseas detention sites and the harsh techniques interrogators had devised to try to make their prisoners talk.”

    I also note the first briefing took place “September 2002″ and the 9/11 Commission Report sites a July 10, 2002, intelligence report about the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah (endnote #5 to Chapter 6, report page 175). Could it be not only did they get a “virtual tour” but also at least some sense of what he had told the CIA?

    The WaPo went on to say, “”Among those being briefed, there was a pretty full understanding of what the CIA was doing,” said Goss, who chaired the House intelligence committee from 1997 to 2004 and then served as CIA director from 2004 to 2006. “And the reaction in the room was not just approval, but encouragement.”" That sounds like a first-person account by Porter Goss.

    It will be interesting to see which Democrats press Michael Hayden hard on this, which demure, and who is a no show for the hearing.

  5. Lurkin_no_mo
    December 11th, 2007 at 6:15 am

    Nancy lied? Was it a day with a “y” in it?

  6. Reality Bytes
    December 11th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    Ray Bolger WHERE ARE YOU NOW? (Bolger played the Scarecrow in TWoO 1939)

    Scarecrow (as played by N. Pelosi) being interviewed by Mike Wallace:

    “Well, it wath horrible?! Cause first you thee, first they took my leg & threw it over there. And then they took my other leg & threw it over there.”

    Tin Man (as played by Algore): Yep. That’s you all over.

    Scarecrow: Sometimez, I’m glad I dont have a brain, cause I’d have quite a head ache by now.

    PJ O’Rourke was right: America has a place where we give even the most inept something to do. We call it Washington.


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