There has been a big charge with the Republicans on Capital Hill about Nancy Pelosi and what she did or did not know about water-boarding. Regardless of one’s opinion on the issue of water-boarding, the question is not what she did or did not know; the question is why she doesn’t know what she does or does not know.
Speaker Pelosi is the third in line to the Oval Office. As such, we expect – NO, we should require more from her than anyone else in the United States House of Representatives. Despite her political views, it was her job as a member of the Gang of Four at the time to stand up and say something about a concern she has since expressed great distress over.
If Speaker Pelosi felt that water-boarding was not a viable method of extracting information, then she should have said something about it at the time. To date, she has claimed to have never been briefed on the subject, then said she had forgotten about being briefed on this subject, then she said the brief only stated that water-boarding was legal, and now she claims the CIA lied to her and the entire congress about its use of water-boarding.
It is difficult to know what the truth is, but it is doubtful that Speaker Pelosi is lacking in mental capabilities so much that she doesn’t know the truth either. This comes down to a question of character and regardless of political ideology; the character demonstrated in the handling of this issue is not the sort that we, as Americans, should expect from someone in such a high office.
All Hail to the Speaker,
Bill
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