Pelosi: CIA lied to me about waterboarding

[struggle4progress]

By Mike Soraghan and Jared Allen
Posted: 05/14/09 11:23 AM

... "Those briefing me gave me inaccurate and incomplete information," Pelosi told reporters at her weekly news conference, which was dominated by discussions about waterboarding and Pelosi's briefings. "At the same time, the Bush administration was misleading the American people about the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

Asked if she was saying the briefers had lied to her, she said yes. She said she agreed that the CIA should release notes of the briefing, as Republicans have requested ...

... Pelosi said that she was specifically told in the briefing that waterboarding was not being used.

"The only mention of waterboarding at that briefing was that it was not being employed," said Pelosi, who was briefed then as the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee ...

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-claims-she-was-lied-to-about-waterboarding-2009-05-14.html