Friday, May 22, 2009

Pelosi: Nothing More To Say On Her CIA Allegation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Friday.
Doug Mills/The New York Times


From Yahoo News/AP:


WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she won't talk any more about her charge that the CIA lied in 2002 about using waterboarding on terrorism suspects. "I have made the statement that I'm going to make on this," she told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference. "I don't have anything more to say about it. I stand by my comment."

But Republicans aren't letting this one slide.

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More News On House Speaker Pelosi And The CIA

Pelosi: No more CIA questions allowed -- Politico
What Pelosi knew about waterboarding, and when -- AP
Pelosi Quick To Deflect Questions About CIA Claims -- CBS
This Time, Pelosi Sticks to the Script -- New York Times

My Comment: She is not going to lose her speaker's job .... but this continued publicity will serve one thing .... when it comes to the CIA and national Security, she is going to parse her words very carefully.

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