Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, a/k/a Speaker Tablecloth, does her imitation of Emily Latilla [1]. First Speaker Tablecloth accuses the Central Intelligence Agency of “Lying to the Congress of the United States”, Willliam A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection [2]:
[3]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 acknowledged, when pressed by questions, that she was told in 2003 by an assistant, that the CIA was using waterboarding. This puts Pelosi and Democrats in Congress who support her on a collision course with the intelligence community.
The CIA lied to Congress of the United States
WASHINGTON (AP [4]) – House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claims that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against terrorism suspects.
The House voted 252-172 to block the measure that would have created a bipartisan congressional panel. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, sponsored the resolution.“This is partisan politics and an attempt by the Republicans to distract from the real issue of creating jobs and making progress on health care, energy and education,” said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami.
Oh never mind.
Hat tip: Drew M, Ace of Spades Hq [5].
The ‘rats used to feign indignation over alleged lies so much better. You know, Bush lied, people died, Sixteen words. Now it just doesn’t seem to matter.