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Porter Goss: crossing the red line
TigerHawk — Read the op-ed by Porter Goss in today's Washington Post. He is uniquely situated to comment on the politics of the interrogation mess, having been chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 1997 to 2004, and then director of the CIA from September 2004 to May 2006. That is, he was present at most of the post-9/11 meetings that "read in" certain Members of Congress on the interrogation programs, then later had executive authority over parts of the program while at CIA. "Let me be clear. It is my recollection that: -- The chairs and the ranking ...

Former CIA chief Goss: I can’t believe what a shameless liar Pelosi is
Hot Air » Top Picks — Former CIA chief Goss: I can’t believe what a shameless liar Pelosi is posted at 1:53 pm on April 25, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Believe it , champ. And welcome to the club. He doesn’t name any names but there’s no question who he’s aiming at. Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed; or that specific techniques such as “waterboarding” were never mentioned. It must be hard for most ...

They can't change the past
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — Former CIA chief Goss: (via HotAir) Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed; or that specific techniques such as “waterboarding” were never mentioned. It must be hard for most Americans of common sense to imagine how a member of Congress can forget being told about the interrogations of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. In that case, though, perhaps it is not amnesia but political ...

In which Nancy Pelosi tortures the truth
Power Line — ... would have called it a "stretcher." Here is Pelosi's classic "stretcher" of April 23: "In that or any other briefing...we were not, and I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation techniques were used. What they did tell us is that they had some legislative counsel...opinions that they could be used." Pelosi's "stretcher" impelled former House Intelligence Committee chairman and head of the CIA Porter Goss to contradict her. Charles Krauthammer condemned Pelosi as "uterly ...

Pelosi Torture Briefing: Joe Miller of FactCheck.Org Got Played for a Fool
Firedoglake — ... Pelosi, May 14: The only mention of waterboarding at that briefing was that it was not being employed. Porter Goss, April 25: Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members claim to have ...