Nancy Pelosi: CIA Lied To MeJULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | May 14, 2009 12:24 PM EST
WASHINGTON — Under strong attack from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her about
waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply rebutted claims
she was complicit in its use.
"To the contrary ... we were told explicitly that waterboarding was not
being used," she told reporters, referring to a formal CIA briefing she
received in the fall of 2002.
Pelosi said she subsequently learned that other lawmakers were told several
months later by the CIA about the use of waterboarding.
"I wasn't briefed, I was informed that somebody else had been briefed about
it," she said.
The House's top Democrat made her comments at a news conference where she
was peppered with questions about her knowledge of a technique she and
others have called torture. Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that
Pelosi and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use, but made no
attempt to protest.
In a written response issued moments after Pelosi spoke, an official at the
CIA neither disputed nor accepted the California Democrat's statements.
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