Specter Defends Pelosi, Says CIA Has “Very Bad Record” On “Honesty”

[kpete]

Source: The Plum Line

Specter Defends Pelosi, Says CIA Has “Very Bad Record” On “Honesty”

Nancy Pelosi has picked up an unlikely defender in her standoff with the CIA. That would be the Senate’s newest Democrat, who delivered a scathing indictment of the CIA’s credibility today:

Sen. Arlen Specter took the opportunity Wednesday to defend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has come under fire in recent weeks over a controversy surrounding when she was told of the use of enhanced interrogation techniques being used by the CIA.

“The CIA has a very bad record when it comes to — I was about to say ‘candid’; that’s too mild — to honesty,” Specter, a former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a lunch address to the American Law Institute. He cited misleading information about the agency’s involvement in mining harbors in Nicaragua and the Iran-Contra affair.

The CIA has a “very bad record when it comes to honesty”? It’s funny that it’s fallen to Specter, of all people, to remind everyone of this. And it’s a pretty harsh quote, particularly coming from someone who was a Republican only a few weeks ago. Should be all over the cable nets soon enough.

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[Mythsaje]

1. No shit, Sherlock. n/t

[No Elephants]

2. Wow. Whodda thunk Specter would stand up for Pelosi against the CIA?

[democracy1st]

3. K & R

[ShortnFiery]

4. Holy Shit! Any Port in a Storm?

Just when I want to totally dislike Arlen, he goes and does something half-assed decent like this.

My view of D.C. politics is again off kilter. :silly:

[musiclawyer]

5. Methinks Arlen is looking at his polling

He knows that if he does not play very good Dem soldier, he WILL get a primary challenger rather than MIGHT get one. But it might not matter anyway.

[truebrit71]

6. Magic Bullet Specter to the resuce?....My God we are through the looking glass....

...:yikes:

[crazylikafox]

15. Magic Bullet for sure. That's why he knows the CIA makes shit up.

[redqueen]

7. Well...

that's interesting.

Now how about some congressional Dems grow a spine?

[philly_bob]

8. Constituent notes gutsy move by Specter.

Constituent moves from 'strongly unfavorable' opinion to 'unfavorable' opinion of the man.

A couple more moves like this and I might even vote for him in the primary.

[indimuse]

9. knr!

!

[bemildred]

10. So Specter regrets all those votes to fund the liars at the CIA? nt

[stillcool]

20. Isn't their budget classified?

[bemildred]

23. Why yes, yes, I believe it is. nt

[ixion]

11. Pelosi is not the focal point of torture... BushCo is the focal point

and the fact that the MSM continues to hype this angle is evidence that they're still playing their old, stupid, worn out games and unless we cease to allow stupidity like this in public discourse, rest assured we'll be driving right off the cliff.

[The Hope Mobile]

12. Score one for Specter.

Gotta wonder what his motivation is for stepping up. Seems fairly obvious.

[Wednesdays]

13. K&R

:kick:

[inna]

14. can't wait to hear all the faux outrage from the repubs...

maybe he did that simply to piss them off; i think he's had it with them.

who knows, maybe he's actually trying to be a 'good Democrat', i guess stranger things have happened. :shrug:

[coachpowers]

16. Specter is a real disappointment.

I had high hopes he'd "get with the program."

[valerief]

17. Uh-oh, he's airing Raygun's dirty laundry years! nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. maybe we can can open up the Iran-Contra case again

it's still not done

[mascarax]

19. Well, OK then...Specter does one thing right

Yeah, I know, he was probably looking at the poll numbers (why bother?), but hey...isn't this the first Decent Thing he's done since he "turned"?

Heh, maybe he was emboldened after watching Jesse Ventura's TV Smackdown Tour!

[Wizard777]

21. The CIA has three Primary functions. Espionage, Sabotage, and Bull Shitting.

[izquierdista]

22. Arlen the tourguide

Let's hope this is stop one on his guided tour of "where all the Republican skeletons are buried".