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washingtonindependent.com - 5/14/2009
CIA Stands By Its Account of Congressional Briefings
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I asked CIA spokesman George Little to respond to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) charge that the CIA misled Congress about torture. Here’s his response: “The language in the chart — ‘a description of the particular EITs that had been employed’ — is true ...
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 5/14/2009
Senator Bob Graham: The CIA Made Up Two Briefing Sessions
— emptywheel.firedoglake.com — Bob Graham says that when he asked when CIA briefed him on torture, they gave him two... briefing dates when no briefing had even occurred. (more) Senator Bob Graham: The CIA Made Up Two Briefing Sessions

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jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 5/15/2009
The CIA vs. Sen. Bob Graham: how to keep score at home
— jamesfallows.theatlantic.com — It's easy! If the CIA says one thing and former Sen. Graham says another, then the CIA... is lying. Or, "in error," if you prefer. (Background here and here , in which Graham says that some of the briefings in which he was allegedly filled in about ... (more) The CIA vs. Sen. Bob Graham: how to keep score at home

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emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 5/14/2009
Pelosi: CIA Told Us Waterboarding “Was Not Being Employed”
— emptywheel.firedoglake.com — Pelosi has confirmed something I've been pointing out for weeks. When the CIA briefed Pelosi and Goss... on September 4, 2002, it told them that waterboarding was not being employed. The CIA comes to Congress and withholds information about the timing ... (more) Pelosi: CIA Told Us Waterboarding “Was Not Being Employed”

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Firedoglake:  CIA Declines to Respond to Graham’s Charge That It Admitted Briefings Error

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Remainders: CIA
Ben Smith's Blog — Some nice advance work in New Mexico. Pelosi says the CIA lied to her. The CIA doesn't back down. Bob Graham's notes seem to back Pelosi. Josh Marshall floats a grand unified Iraq-torture theory. Palin stands with Carrie Prejean. A New York senator hints at picking up a vote on marriage. Nate Silver notes it's a heavy lift. Dan Savage finds Obama's gay marriage joke condescending, and infuriating. Brunner stays in in Ohio. Hutchison is ...

CIA Declines to Respond to Graham’s Charge That It Admitted Briefings Error
Firedoglake — ... If Graham is telling the truth, then the CIA is aware of at least some errors in its congressional-briefings timeline, which gives an additional layer of meaning to Director Leon Panetta's statement that "in the end, you and the Committee will have to determine whether this information is an accurate summary of what actually happened." And if Graham is right about identifying three errors, it raises the question about whether there are other errors, and if CIA will update its account of the congressional briefings. ...

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