ABC and NBC Resist Vindicating Cheney, But Hayes Finds Proof EIT's 'Effective'
August 25, 2009 by Brent Baker
ABC's Brian Ross and NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday night each listed some al Qaeda plots uncovered via CIA interrogations, but both balked when it came to vindicating former Vice President Dick Cheney on whether “enhanced interrogation techniques” (EITs) led to information which prevented attacks.
“Nowhere in the reports...does the CIA ever draw a direct connection between the valuable information and the specific use of harsh tactics,” Ross declared on World News in citing reports Cheney requested be released. NBC's Andrea Mitchell cited only Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and related how “administration officials say there is no way to know whether the same information could have be obtained from him without waterboarding or whether he would have given it up sooner had he been handled differently.”
On FNC, however, The Weekly Standard's Steve Hayes, quoting from the just-released 2004 report by CIA Inspector General John Helgerson, pointed out how even it noted regarding Abd al Rahim al Nashiri, the terrorist behind the USS Cole attack, “following the use of EIT's, he provided information about his most current operational planning as opposed to the historical information he provided before the use of the EIT's.” Hayes asserted: “I mean, it doesn't get clearer than that. So we can debate the morality, we can debate whether this was torture. We can't debate any longer about whether this was effective.”
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Morning Bell: The Left’s War On The CIA
August 25th, 2009 by The Heritage Foundation
Special Prosecutor to Probe CIA Interrogations
August 24, 2009 by Fox News
Attorney General Eric Holder appointed a special prosecutor to examine allegations that terror suspects were abused at the hands of their CIA interrogators.
Eric Holder CIA Investigation Announcement Unleashes Kossack Political Bloodlust
August 25, 2009 by P.J. Gladnick
Liberals in the mainstream media may publicly pretend that the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate so-called torture in the CIA is non-political but to the members of the Daily Kos it is all about politics.
The politics of revenge.
On the heels of the Eric Holder Justice Department dropping a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party for threatening voters with billy clubs in Philadelphia, it was announced yesterday that Holder will appoint a prosecutor to investigate the CIA over the loud protests of that agency's director, Leon Panetta.
Despite the public pretenses of many liberals that the investigation has nothing to do with politics, the crazed bloodlust comments at the Daily Kos shows it has everything to do with politics...and revenge:
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August 25th, 2009 by The Heritage Foundation
Special Prosecutor to Probe CIA Interrogations
August 24, 2009 by Fox News
Attorney General Eric Holder appointed a special prosecutor to examine allegations that terror suspects were abused at the hands of their CIA interrogators.
Eric Holder CIA Investigation Announcement Unleashes Kossack Political Bloodlust
August 25, 2009 by P.J. Gladnick
Liberals in the mainstream media may publicly pretend that the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate so-called torture in the CIA is non-political but to the members of the Daily Kos it is all about politics.
The politics of revenge.
On the heels of the Eric Holder Justice Department dropping a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party for threatening voters with billy clubs in Philadelphia, it was announced yesterday that Holder will appoint a prosecutor to investigate the CIA over the loud protests of that agency's director, Leon Panetta.
Despite the public pretenses of many liberals that the investigation has nothing to do with politics, the crazed bloodlust comments at the Daily Kos shows it has everything to do with politics...and revenge:
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Boston NPR Analyst Hopes Our Captured Soldier Isn't Tortured Like He's at Gitmo
July 27, 2009 by Tim Graham
So Jack Beatty thinks being water boarded is "the most degrading and awful treatment imaginable"? I guess beheading isn't so bad, really.
Boston talk-show host Michael Graham (we’re not related) was shocked and appalled by Jack Beatty, a liberal writer at the Atlantic Monthly and former book reviewer at Newsweek. Beatty’s a weekly news analyst on the WBUR show On Point, distributed nationally by National Public Radio to more than 150 stations. Looking back at the week in review on Friday, host Tom Ashbrook brought up the case of Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl, captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan and videotaped pleading for his release. While NPR correspondent Liz Halloran said the clip was heart-rending, Beatty went Cheney-bashing:
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July 27, 2009 by Tim Graham
So Jack Beatty thinks being water boarded is "the most degrading and awful treatment imaginable"? I guess beheading isn't so bad, really.
Boston talk-show host Michael Graham (we’re not related) was shocked and appalled by Jack Beatty, a liberal writer at the Atlantic Monthly and former book reviewer at Newsweek. Beatty’s a weekly news analyst on the WBUR show On Point, distributed nationally by National Public Radio to more than 150 stations. Looking back at the week in review on Friday, host Tom Ashbrook brought up the case of Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl, captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan and videotaped pleading for his release. While NPR correspondent Liz Halloran said the clip was heart-rending, Beatty went Cheney-bashing:
We have to hope that he is treated better than we have treated people we have taken prisoner in Afghanistan. We have to hope that he’s not essentially given indefinite detention, or as Lindsey Graham said this week about people in Guantanamo, ‘locked away forever.’ We have to hope that despite the worst efforts of John Yoo and Dick Cheney and others, he is not tortured, because we tortured.
Isn’t it something? When – this is why the military was so against the CIA interrogations because it puts our soldiers at risk of the most degrading and awful treatment imaginable, and we in effect have licensed it by our conduct.
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Pelosi Says She Expects Democrats to Review Accusations That CIA Misled Congress
July 09, 2009 by Fox News
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she expects Democrats to pursue further claims by the CIA Director Leon Panetta that the spy agency repeatedly misled Congress.
Democrats say Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers many times since 2001.
Hoekstra said Panetta disputed the characterization of what Democrats said he told the committee last month but is wary of being more vocal.
So there is dispute over what Panetta actually told Congress in June. And what does the main stream press do? They promote the Democrat narrative on the issue.
Panetta Tells Lawmakers CIA Misled Congress Post-2001
July 9, 2009 by James Rowley
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July 09, 2009 by Fox News
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she expects Democrats to pursue further claims by the CIA Director Leon Panetta that the spy agency repeatedly misled Congress.
Democrats say Panetta told Congress last month that senior CIA officials have concealed significant actions and misled lawmakers many times since 2001.
Hoekstra said Panetta disputed the characterization of what Democrats said he told the committee last month but is wary of being more vocal.
So there is dispute over what Panetta actually told Congress in June. And what does the main stream press do? They promote the Democrat narrative on the issue.
Panetta Tells Lawmakers CIA Misled Congress Post-2001
July 9, 2009 by James Rowley
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Ex-detainees allege abuse at US Afghan base: BBC
June 24, 2009 by AFP
I hope there is more to these accusations than simply being treated rudely.
Former detainees of the Bagram air base in Afghanistan have alleged a catalogue of abuse at the US military facility, the BBC reported Wednesday, after a two-month investigation.
Human Rights Watch meanwhile called on the United States to investigate the death, apparently at a US air base, and alleged torture of a member of an Afghan armed faction last year.
BBC said ex-inmates of Bagram listed mistreatment including beatings, sleep deprivation and being threatened with dogs at the base north of Kabul.
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June 24, 2009 by AFP
I hope there is more to these accusations than simply being treated rudely.
Former detainees of the Bagram air base in Afghanistan have alleged a catalogue of abuse at the US military facility, the BBC reported Wednesday, after a two-month investigation.
Human Rights Watch meanwhile called on the United States to investigate the death, apparently at a US air base, and alleged torture of a member of an Afghan armed faction last year.
BBC said ex-inmates of Bagram listed mistreatment including beatings, sleep deprivation and being threatened with dogs at the base north of Kabul.
war, terrorism, torture, news, foreign affairs
Judge orders Guantanamo detainee freed
June 23, 2009 by DEVLIN BARRETT
(AP) The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. A closer look at his video, though, showed he was actually being tortured by al-Qaida.
The confusion over the video collection found in an al-Qaida safehouse is one of the stranger twists in the unusual case of Rassak, a Guantanamo detainee. On Monday, a federal judge ordered Rassak released, chastising the government for claiming he was still part of the same terror network that tortured, imprisoned and abandoned him.
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June 23, 2009 by DEVLIN BARRETT
(AP) The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. A closer look at his video, though, showed he was actually being tortured by al-Qaida.
The confusion over the video collection found in an al-Qaida safehouse is one of the stranger twists in the unusual case of Rassak, a Guantanamo detainee. On Monday, a federal judge ordered Rassak released, chastising the government for claiming he was still part of the same terror network that tortured, imprisoned and abandoned him.
war, terrorism, torture, news, foreign affairs, judiciary
Bush takes swipes at Obama policies
June 18, 2009 by Joseph Curl
ERIE, Pa.| Former President George W. Bush fired a salvo at President Obama on Wednesday, asserting his administration's interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector -- not government -- will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care.
Mr. Bush weighed in on some of the most pressing issues of the day: the election in Iran, the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, and his administration's interrogation policies of terrorists held there and elsewhere. The former president has not commented on Mr. Obama's decision to ban "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding, which the current president has called "off course" and "based on fear."
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June 18, 2009 by Joseph Curl
ERIE, Pa.| Former President George W. Bush fired a salvo at President Obama on Wednesday, asserting his administration's interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector -- not government -- will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care.
Mr. Bush weighed in on some of the most pressing issues of the day: the election in Iran, the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, and his administration's interrogation policies of terrorists held there and elsewhere. The former president has not commented on Mr. Obama's decision to ban "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding, which the current president has called "off course" and "based on fear."
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Behar Suggests Waterboarding Alleged Holocaust Shooter
June 11, 2009 by Zoe Ortiz
Joy Behar apparently has a thing for waterboarding and conservatives. ABC’s “View” co-host interrupted a serious June 11 discussion about hate crimes in America, with talk of, well, more waterboarding. In this case, the suspect in the Holocaust museum shooting.
“You know they say he’s the lone gun man he’s acted alone and everything…but do you think that Cheney should have him waterboarded to see if there’s anybody behind this?”
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June 11, 2009 by Zoe Ortiz
Joy Behar apparently has a thing for waterboarding and conservatives. ABC’s “View” co-host interrupted a serious June 11 discussion about hate crimes in America, with talk of, well, more waterboarding. In this case, the suspect in the Holocaust museum shooting.
“You know they say he’s the lone gun man he’s acted alone and everything…but do you think that Cheney should have him waterboarded to see if there’s anybody behind this?”
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Jon Stewart: Fox Newsers Are 'Extremists' Who View the World Through 'S**t-Colored Glasses'
June 8, 2009 by Tim Graham
Alex Leo at The Huffington Post was delighted that Jon Stewart mocked Fox News "crazypants coverage" of President Obama's opus in Cairo. Stewart said of the speech: "How will it play with the extremists?" and then showed a Fox News Alert logo and a set of Fox clips.
Then Stewart just let the hate flow, mocking Fox's Gretchen Carlson with these words: "What a torture it must be for such pretty people to have to see such ugly things. That's what happens when you view the world and apparently hear the world through "s--t-colored glasses."
hate speech, liberalism, left wing, news media, bias
June 8, 2009 by Tim Graham
Alex Leo at The Huffington Post was delighted that Jon Stewart mocked Fox News "crazypants coverage" of President Obama's opus in Cairo. Stewart said of the speech: "How will it play with the extremists?" and then showed a Fox News Alert logo and a set of Fox clips.
Then Stewart just let the hate flow, mocking Fox's Gretchen Carlson with these words: "What a torture it must be for such pretty people to have to see such ugly things. That's what happens when you view the world and apparently hear the world through "s--t-colored glasses."
hate speech, liberalism, left wing, news media, bias
Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo
June 4, 2009 by LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just over half of Americans say torture is justified in some cases to thwart terrorist attacks, and the country is evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores President Barack Obama's challenges in selling his terror-fighting policies.
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June 4, 2009 by LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just over half of Americans say torture is justified in some cases to thwart terrorist attacks, and the country is evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores President Barack Obama's challenges in selling his terror-fighting policies.
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Intel firestorm: GOP reveals briefing info
June 4, 2009 by Jared Allen (hat tip to Bob Parks)
Suddenly Congressional Democrats care about leaking classified information
Republicans ignited a firestorm of controversy on Thursday by revealing some of what they had been told at a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing on the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
Democrats immediately blasted the GOP lawmakers for publicly discussing classified information, while Republicans said Democrats are trying to hide the truth that enhanced interrogation of detainees is effective.
GOP members on the Intelligence Committee on Thursday told The Hill in on-the-record interviews that they were informed that the controversial methods have led to information that prevented terrorist attacks.
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June 4, 2009 by Jared Allen (hat tip to Bob Parks)
Suddenly Congressional Democrats care about leaking classified information
Republicans ignited a firestorm of controversy on Thursday by revealing some of what they had been told at a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing on the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
Democrats immediately blasted the GOP lawmakers for publicly discussing classified information, while Republicans said Democrats are trying to hide the truth that enhanced interrogation of detainees is effective.
GOP members on the Intelligence Committee on Thursday told The Hill in on-the-record interviews that they were informed that the controversial methods have led to information that prevented terrorist attacks.
politics, war, terrorism, torture, news, Democrats, scandal, congress
Poll: Most oppose closing Gitmo
June 1, 2009 by Susan Page
WASHINGTON — Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.
By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn't be closed. By more than 3-1, they oppose moving some of the accused terrorists housed there to prisons in their own states.
The AP has different results on the same issue
Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo
June 3, 2009 by LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON – Just over half of Americans say torture is at least sometimes justified to thwart terrorist attacks and the country is evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores President Barack Obama's challenges in selling his terror-fighting policies.
Even so, the latest Associated Press-GfK survey also shows that Obama enjoys broad confidence that he can effectively handle terrorism in an era when many people say they still fear becoming a victim and when a swath of the public shares the views of Obama's Republican predecessor, George W. Bush.
war, terrorism, gitmo, news, politics
June 1, 2009 by Susan Page
WASHINGTON — Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.
By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn't be closed. By more than 3-1, they oppose moving some of the accused terrorists housed there to prisons in their own states.
The AP has different results on the same issue
Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo
June 3, 2009 by LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON – Just over half of Americans say torture is at least sometimes justified to thwart terrorist attacks and the country is evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores President Barack Obama's challenges in selling his terror-fighting policies.
Even so, the latest Associated Press-GfK survey also shows that Obama enjoys broad confidence that he can effectively handle terrorism in an era when many people say they still fear becoming a victim and when a swath of the public shares the views of Obama's Republican predecessor, George W. Bush.
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Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public
June 1, 2009 by NEDRA PICKLER
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.
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June 1, 2009 by NEDRA PICKLER
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Chuck Schumer On "Torture" - "Do What You Have To Do"
During a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8th, 2004, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) discusses harsh interrogation methods, saying to Attorney General John Ashcroft:
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During a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8th, 2004, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) discusses harsh interrogation methods, saying to Attorney General John Ashcroft:
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Holder Tongue-Tied Over Waterboarding
May 20, 2009 by Sean Hannity
Attorney General Eric Holder has made no secret that he thinks waterboarding is torture. The National Review's Andy McCarthy pointed out that Holder took a beating at the hands of Republican Congressmen Dan Lungren and Louie Gohmert. The two men asked the attorney general why he thinks waterboarding is torture, given that we use the technique to train our own soldiers:
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May 20, 2009 by Sean Hannity
Attorney General Eric Holder has made no secret that he thinks waterboarding is torture. The National Review's Andy McCarthy pointed out that Holder took a beating at the hands of Republican Congressmen Dan Lungren and Louie Gohmert. The two men asked the attorney general why he thinks waterboarding is torture, given that we use the technique to train our own soldiers:
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Selective Media Memory on Cheney
May 22, 2009 by Original America
McClatchy Newspapers published a story May 21, 2009 by Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel titled Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths. The best part about the story is that Landay and Strobel also ignored some inconvenient truths.
NBC and CBS Use Cheney and Obama Speeches to Jab at Cheney
May 21, 2009 by Brent Baker
political correctness, war, terrorism, torture, news media, bias, left wing, liberalism
May 22, 2009 by Original America
McClatchy Newspapers published a story May 21, 2009 by Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel titled Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths. The best part about the story is that Landay and Strobel also ignored some inconvenient truths.
NBC and CBS Use Cheney and Obama Speeches to Jab at Cheney
May 21, 2009 by Brent Baker
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Oh, the Irony... After Hiding Khalidi Tape Before Election- LA Times Demands That Obama Release Torture Photos!
May 19, 2009 by Gateway Pundit
The LA Times demanded this week that President Obama release the detainee torture photos: Release the torture photos
The Times insisted, "The truth must out."
Of course, this is the same outfit that hid a video of Barack Obama attending a Jew-bash and toasting a former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi before the election.
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May 19, 2009 by Gateway Pundit
The LA Times demanded this week that President Obama release the detainee torture photos: Release the torture photos
The Times insisted, "The truth must out."
Of course, this is the same outfit that hid a video of Barack Obama attending a Jew-bash and toasting a former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi before the election.
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MAUREEN DOWD: still out of touch
May 19, 2009 by Original America
Maureen Dowd has done many obtuse things. But bloviating over torture in defense of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is just the most recent.
bias, Democrats, left wing, liberalism, news media, pandering, politics, propaganda, terrorism, torture
May 19, 2009 by Original America
Maureen Dowd has done many obtuse things. But bloviating over torture in defense of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is just the most recent.
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40 Hill briefings on interrogations disclosed
May 07, 2009 by Josh Gerstein
An intelligence report sent recently to Capitol Hill shows that members of Congress were briefed 40 times since 2002 on aspects of the so-called "enhanced interrogation" program. Many have decried the techniques used in the program as torture.
The list seems to undercut the claim by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), then-minority leader and ranking member on the House intelligence committee, that she was never told at a 2002 briefing that waterboarding and other aggressive techniques had been used or would be used, only that legal opinions approving of their use had been issued.
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May 07, 2009 by Josh Gerstein
An intelligence report sent recently to Capitol Hill shows that members of Congress were briefed 40 times since 2002 on aspects of the so-called "enhanced interrogation" program. Many have decried the techniques used in the program as torture.
The list seems to undercut the claim by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), then-minority leader and ranking member on the House intelligence committee, that she was never told at a 2002 briefing that waterboarding and other aggressive techniques had been used or would be used, only that legal opinions approving of their use had been issued.
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Gingrich: 'Absolute obligation' to investigate Pelosi
May 15, 2009 by Alexander Mooney, Pam Benson and Kristi Keck
(CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is engaging in a "despicable, dishonest and vicious political effort" to withhold what she knew about the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques, former Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday.
Gingrich said Pelosi "lied to the House" when she earlier claimed that the CIA had never briefed her about the Bush administration's use of interrogation methods like waterboarding, which is considered torture by the current administration.
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May 15, 2009 by Alexander Mooney, Pam Benson and Kristi Keck
(CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is engaging in a "despicable, dishonest and vicious political effort" to withhold what she knew about the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques, former Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday.
Gingrich said Pelosi "lied to the House" when she earlier claimed that the CIA had never briefed her about the Bush administration's use of interrogation methods like waterboarding, which is considered torture by the current administration.
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