So you have to ask yourself, what is the purpose of the objections now except to try to control the CIA and impose restrictions that ultimately put us at greater danger?
WASHINGTON – The man who oversaw the controversial CIA interrogation program defended the use of the techniques used on militants — including waterboarding — and said members of Congress, including Sen. Nancy Pelosi, were “fully aware” of the methods used.
“She never objected to the techniques at all,” Jose Rodriguez, former director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service, said on “Fox News Sunday.” “All of these techniques were approved by the lawyers.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a former member of the Senate Select Committee on intelligence, and Karl Rove, a former White House adviser to President George W. Bush and a Fox News contributor, were also on the program.