sparaig wrote: > Do you have reason to take the > word of one public servant over > another, given neither is under > oath? > Well, I can't imagine a professional public servant employee of the CIA lying to congressional leaders, in an Intelligence Committee briefing, but I can imagine a politician like Nancy Pelosi lying every single day in a press conference on TV.
Nancy Pelosi is up for re-election soon, right? So, I would probably believe Leon Panetta, the CIA and the others members of the Intelligence Committee that were briefed. > Besides, I can imagine plenty of > scenarios where there's enough > wiggle room around the facts for > both sides to cliam they're > telling the whole truth and > nothing but the truth. > "CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah," Mr. Panetta wrote in a memo to agency employees..." Full story: 'Panetta's Pelosi Smackdown' Wall Street Journal, MAY 16, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/r2lfye
