I said this on another thread then thought I should post it myself. This is vintage quintessential Karl Rove tactics. He's the one who suddenly came out and attacked Nancy Pelosi in his article once he probably realized that the Republicans were losing the torture debate and, of course, he has to watch out for himself and his future. This is so like him. Attack the enemy where they are strongest. And right now they're strongest on the torture issue. So he makes sure that all the heat goes to Pelosi with one accusation that's probably groundless since his tactics are always about creating lies. So again he's controlling the message.
I hope Limbaugh is realizing he's just been undercut by Rove because the Republicans jumped on the attack on Pelosi like they'd just found their new leader. Rove sicced his attack dogs on Nancy and Rush won't like that.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124226863721018193.htmlCongress and Waterboarding Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to 'torture.'
by Karl Rove
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If Mrs. Pelosi considers the enhanced interrogation techniques to be torture, didn't she have a responsibility to complain at the time, introduce legislation to end the practices, or attempt to deny funding for the CIA's use of them? If she knew what was going on and did nothing, does that make her an accessory to a crime of torture, as many Democrats are calling enhanced interrogation?
Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy wants an independent investigation of Bush administration officials. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers feels the Justice Department should investigate and prosecute anyone who violated laws against committing torture. Are these and other similarly minded Democrats willing to have Mrs. Pelosi thrown into their stew of torture conspirators as an accomplice?
It is clear that after the 9/11 attacks Mrs. Pelosi was briefed on enhanced interrogation techniques and the valuable information they produced. She not only agreed with what was being done, she apparently pressed the CIA to do more.
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