Democrats do not trust a woman running the CIA.
Nancy Pelosi has been out front delivering criticism of Gina Haspel over “enhanced interrogation” of terrorists.
So the WH issued a response reminding everyone that Nancy Pelosi was as responsible an anyone for waterboarding--
- Policymakers who set up, approved, and were briefed on enhanced interrogation techniques are the ones who were responsible for the program, not the CIA’s dedicated and professional officers like Haspel who served honorably.
- Congressional leadership, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), were briefed as early as 2002 on the CIA’s interrogation program according to unclassified documents by the agency.
- In 2009, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta confirmed this, stating that CIA officers had briefed certain Members of Congress in 2002.
- The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which signed off on the CIA’s interrogation program in 2002, determined the program’s legality, not career officers at the agency.
Last edited: May 10, 2018