youtube.com - 5/15/2009
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After asking a series of questions on various topics including Guantanamo Bay, a journalist asks Robert Gibbs to comment on Nancy Pelosi's saying the CIA are...
thehill.com - 5/15/2009
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thehill.com —
CIA Director Leon Panetta challenged House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi’s accusations that the agency lied to her, writing...
a memo to his agents saying she received nothing but the truth. Panetta said that "ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate all the ...
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CIA director says Pelosi received the truth
brutallyhonest.org - 5/16/2009
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brutallyhonest.org —
You simply can't have the third highest politician
in the land making the kinds of accusations that...
she's making about this country's intelligence branch stay in power. You can't. Obama should ask for her to step down from the Speaker's...
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It's time for Nancy Pelosi to go
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com - 5/14/2009
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legalinsurrection.blogspot.com —
Nancy Pelosi is holding a press conference in
which she has acknowledged being briefed by the CIA...
about waterboarding in 2002, but accuses the CIA of lying to Congress about the use of the technique and whether the techniques were legal. Pelosi also ...
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Pelosi Accuses CIA Of Lying
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Obama Mouthpiece Dodges Question About Nancy Pelosi
Say Anything —
The Obama administration doesn’t want any part of the mess at hand.
This is Obama’s style of “leadership,” I guess.
Real Clear Politics’ description of the exchange:
FOX News’ Major Garrett was the first and only reporter to ask Press Secretary Robert Gibbs what the White House’s reaction is to Nancy Pelosi’s accusation that the C.I.A. lied to her. Gibbs said President Obama is “keeping the American people safe by looking forward.” Garrett reminded Gibbs this is a serious matter, leading Gibbs to respond that ...
Gibbs: No Comment On Pelosi; Reporter Angry His Questions Were Swiped
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
After asking a series of questions on various topics including Guantanamo Bay, a journalist asks Robert Gibbs to comment on Nancy Pelosi’s saying the CIA are liars.
“I appreciate the invitation to get involved, but I’m not gonna RSVP,” he said.
Immediately after, the next reporter complains that the journalist before him hogged all of his questions!
“He asked all of them already,” he complained.
To which Gibbs replied, “Can I go now?”
The first reporter issued a smackdown to the second reporter: “I forgot, my job as a journalist is to ask questions, I’m ...
Gibbs Declines To Comment On Pelosi
The Hope For America —
He declines the RSVP
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Panetta urges Agency to 'ignore the noise' —
CNN Political Ticker 5/15/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — CIA Director Leon Panetta is urging the agency's employees to "ignore the noise" surrounding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim she was misled by the organization on interrogation techniques.
In a memo obtained by CNN, Panetta ...