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| Pelosi First Heard of 9/11 Attacks in Late 2003 |
| 2009-05-15 |
| We had this yesterday, but I have no problem rippping her all over again... It's from "Scrappleface", but it's hard to tell the difference from her "real" press conference It fooled me. But it was early... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under scrutiny for her changing accounts of when she knew about the CIAs enhanced interrogation techniques, said today that she was not informed until late 2003 that Muslim terrorists had used passenger jets to kill thousands of people in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. "One of my aides mentioned in passing that she had been to a CIA briefing months earlier about these techniques," said Rep. Pelosi. "At the time, I thought the discussion was theoretical...that this was something that could happen. It wasnt until October 2003 that I learned that these methods had actually been use on American soil." Crashing hijacked planes into buildings full of non-combatant civilians is one of several "enhanced immolation techniques" forbidden under U.S. and international law. Rep. Pelosi, clearly rattled by reporters questions on the subject, first said she knew nothing about the 9/11 attacks, but later acknowledged that she was "too busy helping Democrats win a majority in Congress to get involved in the details of a matter that was being handled through appropriate channels." |
| Posted by:Hupamble Unaling5349 |
| #2 Actually, read through that, then Mike's comment, then hovering above the title to get the link to be sure, but, yeah, at first read, I thought this was a pretty boldfaced but actual example of political speak. This is so outré that it might actually be true, reading something so outré actually wouldn't surprize me from a carrer politician. Should be noted "Scrappleface" in the title, though. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-05-15 11:03 |
| #1 If it wasn't Scrapple Face, I'd not blame anyone for thinking that it was a straight news story from the Associated Press. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-05-15 10:19 |