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Re: Hoekstra—The Play-Dumb Democrats Strike Again
First, they were tricked into war, and now we find they were tricked into accepting enhanced interrogation techniques they found morally unacceptable and worthy of criminal prosecution for those who devised them. Oops! But if Hoekstra has anything to do with it, the play-dumb Democrats will ...
Hoekstra: 'Lame' excuse by Pelosi
washingtontimes.com — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she had no recourse to stop the use of enhanced... interrogation techniques such as waterboarding after receiving a classified briefing from the CIA in 2002 - an explanation the top Republican on the House ... (more) Hoekstra: 'Lame' excuse by Pelosi
Hoekstra: Congress Knew
thehopeforamerica.com — He tells Sean Hannity that Congress knew about enhanced interrogation techniques... (more) Hoekstra: Congress Knew
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Pelosi on waterboarding: I knew nothing
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... writing today in the Journal that Congress knew a lot more about all of this than its more “enlightened” members would have you believe. But then, as MKat reminds us, we’ve seen this movie before: The Democrats start strong on foreign policy ventures, drift left as their base’s shrieking grows noisier, and then play dumb to get themselves off the hook. The more I think about the show trials Obama wants for “torturers,” the more I think they’re going to blow up in his face: Much of the GOP is up front about its support for enhanced interrogation but revelations about how ...

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