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The Political Carnival: Dem. Rep. David Obey: CIA Records On Briefings Not Accurate
Daily Kos: Fourth Congressional Dem Says CIA Documents are Faulty
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Dem. Rep. David Obey: CIA Records On Briefings Not Accurate
The Political Carnival —
... Piling on: Yet another Democrat in Congress is alleging that the CIA included incorrect information in its records about past congressional briefings on interrogation policies. Rep. David Obey sent a letter to CIA Director Leon Panetta on Tuesday saying that "in light of current controversy about CIA briefing practices," he was "surprised to learn that the agency erroneously listed an appropriations staffer as being in a key briefing on September 19, 2006, when in fact he was not." [...] The ...
Fourth Congressional Dem Says CIA Documents are Faulty
Daily Kos —
Congressman David Obey has become the fourth Democrat to dispute CIA claims regarding torture briefings. Speaker Pelosi, former Senator Bob Graham, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller have all disputed the CIA's claims about briefings they received. Obey has released a letter he just sent to Panetta regarding the accuracy of the CIA's claims: Dear Director Panetta: In light of current controversy about CIA briefing practices, I was surprised to learn that the agency erroneously listed an appropriations staffer as being in a key briefing on September ...
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for May 20, 2009
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BARBARA'S DAILY BUZZFLASH MINUTE Hmm, seems the CIA has made yet another error about their briefings. Who you gonna believe -- the spooks whose business is lies, or Rep. Obey, Senator Jay Rockefeller, former Senator Bob Graham, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi? I choose Obey, Rockefeller, Graham, and Pelosi! * * * Well now, there is one lone Repuglican who can obviously think: " ...
Boehner and GOP Strategists Love Pelosi as Distraction From Substance of Torture Debate
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... the appearance of our nation's first female Speaker of the House. Which begs the question, do these mostly middle-aged and probably paunchy guys mean to hold themselves up as alternative models of American good-looks and spotless integrity? Instead of just adding to the Beltway cries of "Fight, Fight," some responsible parties have actually sought to bring more facts to light. Former Senator Bob Graham (who keeps exceptionally detailed personal journals), Senator Jay Rockefeller, and Representative David Obey have provided more evidence that the CIA's 2002 briefings, or their ...
O'Reilly Guest Host Ingraham Omits Facts to Slam Obama and . . . Cheney Rules!
News Hounds —
... Committee never spoke out against waterboarding, okay? So this idea that this was all concocted by the Bush Administration and everybody else was in the dark about the fact that three, three, detainees were waterboarded, three, not 240, but three! Congress knew about it, Congress assented to this.” That's still in dispute, of course, with more members of Congress coming forward to confirm Pelosi's allegations, among them former Senator Bob Graham, and Representative David Obey.
Davis challenged, “But if we both agree that three is a violation of the law, three ...
