I’m sure I’ve written something on this before… but I suppose it doesn’t hurt to mention, yet again, the unbelievable audacity of the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. This from The Corner:
According to the IG report, the agency briefed the Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committees — that includes Speaker Pelosi — in the fall of 2002, as well as in February and March of 2003, and continued to do so thereafter. The IG report states that none of the congressional participants — that includes Speaker Pelosi — expressed any concerns about the EITs or the program itself. Unless were resigned to the premise that its routine for the Speaker of the House to lie to the American people about matters of national security, this is pretty serious stuff. CIA interrogators are facing the prospect of financially ruinous legal fees while a special prosecutor investigates their actions. Eric Holder may prosecute these individuals [i.e. CIA officers] for taking actions that members of congress — that includes Speaker Pelosi — not only knew about, but that didnt concern them.
The piece finishes with this ‘O’ so prescient question:
If the EITs didnt bother members of congress then, why are they a problem now? Will any reporter call Pelosi on this?
