Pelosi vs. the CIA

Who lied?

The CIA and watch out for what you wish for

When Bush was president the CIA regularly attacked him and his administration by leaking highly classified information to the New York Times.

Now the tables are reversed and it's the CIA under attack from Obama and his administration. All the while bin Laden and all the other terrorists are laughing their collective asses off.

The CIA Report: What Does It Say?

Another Obama promise broken.

All liars to Congress not equal

Congress to investigate if Sosa lied under oath

"The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Democratic Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York, says that the committee takes seriously suggestions that a witness had been misleading."

And yet they won't investigate Pelosi's claims that the CIA lied to Congress. Which is more important to the security of the nation, a baseball player who may have lied over drugs, or the CIA lying about national security issues?

More errors in CIA interrogation briefing list

The AP is trying to cast doubt on the CIA and thereby support Pelosi. But, the errors are minor and the CIA disputes most of them. That doesn't stop the AP from trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill trying to protect Pelosi.

Take the Rockerfeller briefing for example.

"The CIA matrix also reported that Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., then the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, was briefed on Feb. 4, 2003."

No it didn't and the AP admit that two paragraphs later.

"Little said that "on the Rockefeller briefing, the chart plainly indicates that he wasn't there and was to be briefed individually later. That's in fact what our records show. The chart makes no claim as to if or when that briefing occurred."

And then there's Goss.

"The CIA chart also shows former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss attended a March 8, 2005, briefing as a member of Congress. However, Goss was at that time the director of the CIA. He took that job in November 2004.

"On the March 8, 2005, briefing, we were true to the records," Little said. "Although Mr. Goss was CIA director at that time, the underlying records list him as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. There's a record of an earlier briefing that lists Rep. (Pete) Hoekstra as chairman."

Bottom line, Goss was there but his title was listed wrong. Big deal.

You have to love the irony in the AP story as it has this at the end.

"(This version CORRECTS to show that Obey is a Wisconsin congressman.)"

You can't make this stuff up.

Democrats' Assault On the CIA

is not surprising.

CIA: We told Pelosi the truth

The CIA fires back at Pelosi.

"As the Agency indicated previously in response to Congressional inquiries, our contemporaneous records from September 2002 indicate that CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing “the enhanced techniques that had been employed.”

Those two bits of information are important. Panetta is saying, his people briefed Congress on what the records said and those records say Pelosi had been briefed that waterboarding "had been employed". He's saying that Pelosi is flat out lying.

Pelosi fires back.

"My criticism of the manner in which the Bush Administration did not appropriately inform Congress is separate from my respect for those in the intelligence community who work to keep our country safe."

She might not have like the "manner" in which she was informed, but she now admits that she was informed by the Bush administration - at the time. The CIA memos back that up.

Bottom line - Pelosi has been caught red handed lying and playing politics with America's security. She should step down now.

Update.

"Hmm. Panetta is Obama’s guy, installed to prevent the CIA from launching attacks on the president. So this can mean only one thing: Nancy Pelosi is being given a taste of the White House Whipping Stick."

Democrats: CIA is out to get us

The Democrats we're quite happy when the CIA was subverting Bush's attempts to keep America safe. Now the shoe is on the other foot they're crying foul.

CNN tries to discredit CIA interrogation memos

I found this interesting in CNN report.

"A CIA memo provided to CNN by Republican sources lists 40 briefings for members of Congress from September 2002 to March 2009."

So, CNN gets its information from Republican sources now? Or is CNN saying the new CIA director is a Republican? I ask because the Washington Post report reveals the true source of the CIA memos.

"The memo, issued by the Director of National Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency to Capitol Hill, notes the Pelosi-Goss briefing covered "EITs including the use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah." EIT is an acronym for enhanced interrogation technique. Zubaydah was one of the earliest valuable al-Qaeda members captured and the first to have the controversial tactic known as water boarding used against him."

CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of 'Enhanced Interrogations'

She lied. No big surprise there as lying is what Democrats do most and best.

Obama made a big mistake in alienating the CIA and now it's payback time.

"Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months that she was never told that these techniques were actually being used."

Now, let's release the CIA memos that prove we got good actionable intelligence from the program.

The CIA's Questioning Worked

Obama lied.

Pelosi approved CIA interrogation techniques

Who knew?

CIA whistle-blower dies in Cuba

That's what the BBC call him.

"He caused outrage by naming former colleagues in a book called Inside the Company: CIA Diary. "

It's one thing to expose, whistle-blow if you will, things that might be illegal. It's treason when you name your country's undercover agents.

One has to wonder, if you accept some peoples assertion that Plame was "outed", why Richard Armitage, the State Deparment official who "outed" her, was never charged with treason; a fact that the special prosecutor knew before he charged anybody with anything. But I digress.

"Philip Agee did not survive surgery for perforated ulcers, his wife said. "

Oops. So much for the BBC's love of Cuba's vaunted medical care. Michael Moore call your office.

The CIA speaks, with forked tongue

Powerline has the story.