The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120320   Message #2633022
Posted By: Bill D
15-May-09 - 10:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obama and torture
Subject: RE: BS: Obama and torture
And it seems former Senator Bob Graham was also briefed in the same general time frame as Pelosi, and HE says they never mentioned waterboarding.
   He asked the CIA what dates he was briefed,and they gave him 4 dates. He reports that HIS records indicate that on 3 of those dates, he was not even there! Sen. Graham keeps meticulous records, and the CIA had to back down!
   Further, during briefings, members of Congress being briefed are not allowed to take notes, while the CIA briefers are.... and no one is allowed to SEE the CIA's notes. What a system, huh? There seems to be no way to show whether YOUR memory of what you were told is correct - so Pelosi can't 'prove' her claims.

Further, the CIA routinely dissembles and misleads in other venues.... it is how they THINK on many topics. You think they wouldn't purposely be misleading or vague to a member of Congress if it suited their purpose: especially when their notes are by definition not subject to review?

sheesh!@