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huffingtonpost.com - 5/19/2009

Another Democrat Says CIA Records On Briefings Were Not Accurate

— huffingtonpost.com — 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 ... (more) Another Democrat Says CIA Records On Briefings Were Not ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 5/14/2009

Graham: CIA Gave Me False Information About Interrogation Briefings

— huffingtonpost.com — In testimony that could bolster Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that the CIA misled her during briefings on detainee interrogations, former Senator Bob Graham insisted on Thursday that he too was kept in the dark about the use of waterboarding, and ... (more) Graham: CIA Gave Me False Information About ...

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rawstory.com - 5/14/2009

Senator says CIA admitted making up dates of torture briefings

— rawstory.com — The former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Bob Graham, says that the Central Intelligence Agency told him that they had briefed him on the Bush administration’s torture techniques on two dates he was never briefed. What’s more, the ... (more) Senator says CIA admitted making up dates of torture ...

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Morning Skim: The Pelosi Sideshow
The Opinionator — ... . When the C.I.A. briefed Pelosi and Goss on September 4, 2002, it told them that waterboarding was not being employed.” Just One Minute : Tom Maguire parses Porter Goss’s description of the September 2002 briefing: If the September briefing was clear that waterboarding was used on Zubaydah in August, why did Goss write that the techniques “were to actually be employed”? Surely it it would have been simpler to write ‘They told us the techniques had already been employed’. Well. If Goss is saying that waterboarding was mentioned and that the techniques were described as “to ...

Audio: Gingrich goes thermonuclear on Pelosi
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... behavior.” “Speaker Pelosi’s the big loser, because she either comes across as incompetent, or dishonest. Those are the only two defenses,” Gingrich said. “The fact is she either didn’t do her job, or she did do her job and she’s now afraid to tell the truth.” Actually, there’s a third defense — that she’s telling the truth about the CIA having misled her, a remote possibility that seems ever so slightly less remote today thanks to Tom Maguire catching Porter Goss and Richard Shelby using weasel words about what and when, precisely, they knew. Still, yesterday’s question ...