[antimedia] antimedia: If you wonder why I haven't posted in ages....

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Posted by antimedia:
If you wonder why I haven't posted in ages....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1197351775.shtml


   ....[1]this is the reason why.

     The Washington Post reported today that select members of congress
     were briefed by the CIA in 2002 about enhanced interrogation
     techniques. Included in the briefing was current House Speaker
     Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

     Among the techniques described, said two officials present, was
     waterboarding, a practice that years later would be condemned as
     torture by Democrats and some Republicans on Capitol Hill. But on
     that day, no objections were raised. Instead, at least two
     lawmakers in the room asked the CIA to push harder, two U.S.
     officials said.
     "The briefer was specifically asked if the methods were tough
     enough," said a U.S. official who witnessed the exchange.

     According to the article, the CIA gave congressional overseers
     approximately 30 private briefings, some of which included
     descriptions of waterboarding, other harsh interrogation methods,
     and virtual tours of the CIA's overseas detention sites.

   The hypocrisy in this country is so overwhelming it's hard to even
   write about it without exploding. How am I supposed to put together
   lucid thoughts that inform my readers when this crap is going on every
   day?
   I'm sick and tired of people who claim to be Americans and care about
   America doing everything in their power to destroy this country and
   watching the media do nothing except applaud and encourage the
   traitors.
   What's wrong with reporting the truth and letting the chips fall where
   they may? Even now, when the truth is printed in the Washington Post,
   the media is in full-throated chorus screaming "coverup! coverup!"
   when they know damn well it's a lie.
   And you wonder why I don't write!

References

   1. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jason-aslinger/2007/12/09/pelosi-knew-about-waterboarding-2002-media-frenzy-follow