> > 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. > > sparaig wrote: > I can easily imagine a CIA representative > shading the facts presented to a member > of Congress in a way commensurate with > White House policy. > But, you can't imagine a politician trying to lie to the American public in order to win another election?
"If the CIA's interrogation methods were so outrageous that they now warrant a "truth commission" - a process likely to destroy the careers of Bush administration and CIA officials who supported the policies - why is it that they did not even rate a milquetoast memo when the San Francisco Democrat learned of them?" Full report: 'Now the lady doth protest too much' By Debra J. Saunders San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, May 17, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/o6fg38
