To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (472967 ) 4/17/2009 10:02:13 PM From: Brumar89 1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) | Respond to Pelosi knew about the waterboarding and approved. Ditto other Congressional leaders. Thats what oversight means. You want to prosecute her, Steve? “Most prominent among those briefed on waterboarding was Nancy Pelosi. According to the Post’s interviews, members of the Congressional oversight committees understood that they had to weigh the limits of inhumane treatment of people known to have Al Qaeda connections against the threat of new attacks. They believed that these techniques struck the right balance in the circumstances. Yet I haven’t heard of any serious call for prosecuting Speaker Pelosi or any of her colleagues for complicity in torture.” It described how the Bush administration went through somersaults to stay within the letter of the law; and that established the inherited boundaries which Obama may not, for reasons of self-interest, wish to retreat from. Interrogators were told not to allow a prisoner’s body temperature or food intake to fall below a certain level, because either could cause permanent damage. Passages describing forced nudity, slamming into walls, sleep deprivation and the dousing of detainees with water as cold as 41 degrees were interpersed with complex legal arguments about what constituted torture. pajamasmedia.com Let's see your response to this. Is it gonna be time to disappear for awhile again. LOL
