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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:25 PM Original message |
I don't know about you, but I'm standing with Leon |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. he wasn't there. n/t |
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iconocrastic (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. He's there now. And he's a Democrat. |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #62 |
79. YOU'RE here now. And you're NOT a Democrat. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good for you. I believe Pelosi. NM |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. So do I. No reputable scholar will use anything the CIA puts out. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm standing with Pelosi. n/t |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Me too... |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. I'm with Pelosi as well. /nt |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Seems like Obama need to make more than a very brief press statement about all this |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. "The White House wants nothing to do with this Nancy Pelosi fight with the CIA." |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I'm getting mighty tired of that "look forward" phrase. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's a bad day when I have to chose to trust either Nancy Pelosi or the CIA. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not me. Let's get this investigation going. nt. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Snarf* Sure Leon - I believe EVERYTHING the CIA's says! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. What makes you think Panetta actaully runs the CIA? |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Exactly. Panetta is far from being in charge. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
70. One of the VERY BEST posts made on this thread. -eom |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. So what are you "just sayin"? |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So now Panetta is not a Democrat and is a liar? |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. What, you expected him to admit they spread whatever misinformation |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. so now you can explain how the fuck Panetta knows what was said at the time? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Read his statement again... |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Your belief is that they lied to Pelosi, but then briefed her staff |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. My belief is that the repukes (and perhaps YOU) |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Pelosi herself said it |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. She was also told, according to her, that warterboarding |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I think you may be getting confused. Pelosi says they did not tell her that |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. No, you are confused. |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. ... |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. How come you never seem to answer any question I pose to you. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
65. That's not true. I saw her press conferences and her interview with Rachel. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Do you mind if I fill in the "..." to show what you chose to edit out? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. A sort of important distinction. |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Edit out? My point is that they were telling everybody else, including Harmon |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Deleted message |
kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Agree. Keep your eye on the ball and not on this attempt to change |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. He did what any good Director would do and I admire him for that. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hell, he wasn't even around then - hard to believe that the CIA under Cheney was honest. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wow. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. So if Obama declared the "White House doesn't lie" you'd agree Bush and Cheney are honest, right? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. CIA: Please Don’t Take Our Word For It On Torture Briefings |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. Could it be that the "contemporaneous records" were falsified? Naww. Of course not. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bottom line: IT WAS CLASSIFIED INFORMATION |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's simply not true |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. There's nothing written in the law that says it can't |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. There *are* laws that say that "classification" cannot be used to hide illegal acts. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. An executive order is not a law |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. She says, he says. No way to judge without the briefing memos. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. At this point, I think we need to see those memos. At first, this seemed like some GOP smearfest |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
67. I seem to recall hearing that the CIA memos are transcriptions of CIA recollections... |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Panetta states that the notes are contemporaneous. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. He also states that they can't be relied upon to be completely factual, |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Who said they were beyond reproach? I was just correcting |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 05:35 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Thank you for the correction. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm still giving Pelosi the benefit of the doubt. Until this incident |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. well let me introduce you to Watergate and the famous "non denial - denial" |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. His wording is the key! well said |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
77. he said "policy or practice" |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. The purpose of the CIA is to be COVERT, they don't know about transparency..... |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Panetta has a job to do... but I don't believe him. |
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asphalt.jungle (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. He didn't say anything that needs believing or not believing |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
63. I don't know about you, but I stand with GrovelBot |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. I believe Panetta! |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. Senator Bob Graham backs Pelosi up. He is not a Liar. Boehner and the CIA are though. EOM |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. ---Ex-CIA Official: Agency Brass Lied to Congress About Interrogations--- |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
66. That's some crazy shit. n/t |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. "It is not our policy to mislead Congress" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. Even if she is lying, I WANT her to |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Bonus points for extra truth. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. Wasn't George Tenet the head |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. Leon has to act like he is protecting his CIA agents as he is their boss, but he is wrong |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
57. Right Panetta the clown has been head of the CIA for almost two whole month's, get fucking real! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. Leon wasn't there at that time , he just got there this year |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
64. Well they admitted that they could have lied and they said there were 4 meetings |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
69. F'in Hysterical. You forgot the sarcasm tag, because you cannot be serious. -eom |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
72. This OP Has Only Been Posting Articles Slamming Democrats Since December |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Holy Shit Jim Let Me Shake Your Hand |
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masuki bance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. You think Obama would side with Nancy or Panetta on this? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Amen, Jim. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
81. the cia is not a "great institution". panetta is full of shit. |
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