It’s easy to lie when you have no soul.
(Washington Examiner) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reiterated that she never received a briefing on waterboarding, contrary to the former CIA counterterrorism head who says he personally briefed her on the interrogation techniques.
“This is once again totally false,” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill told The Washington Examiner. “The independent CIA Inspector General conducted a review and the findings are consistent with what Leader Pelosi has maintained all along.”
In 2009, Pelosi denied knowing that the CIA waterboarded high-value terrorist detainees. “We were not — I repeat — were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used,” she told reporters.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., contradicted Pelosi that same day. “It was not necessary to release details of the enhanced interrogation techniques, because members of Congress from both parties have been fully aware of them since the program began in 2002.”