So whether you believe Nancy Pelosi or not, the fact is that the CIA has admitted to similar activities in the past. A Washington Post article from 2008 wrote “that agency officials deliberately misled Congress, the White House and federal prosecutors.” That isn’t just Washington Post speculation. That’s the conclusion drawn by the internal CIA investigation.
So the facts, as I understand them, point to the a few things. The CIA admits to having intentionally misled Congress in the past. The CIA also admits that their own records regarding Pelosi’s briefing may be flawed. So here’s the bomb that the right doesn’t want to admit: maybe Pelosi wasn’t told about U.S. torture policies. Oh, no.
What is the GOP so afraid of? It certainly won’t hurt their poll numbers. It would take a lot more to push those down further. The only consequence is their ‘They knew so it wasn’t THAT bad’ defense for torture gets busted. Not that it’s a real defense to bust anyhow. Maybe they should get a real GOP thinker on the case. Here’s a video nail in the coffin too.
All this really says to me is that we need some sort of truth commission. Sorry readers from the right but it’s the only thing that can hope to settle this.
