Pelosi unlikely to be called to testify

By GottaLaff

BushCo ordered torture. Pelosi didn't. Lather, rinse, repeat:

It's beyond rare for a member of Congress to be hauled before an investigating committee. It's even less likely with Pelosi's party controlling both the House and Senate.

But beyond that, Democratic aides say that what Pelosi knew simply isn't part of what Senate committees have set out to learn as they investigate Bush-era interrogation practices.

As part of its yearlong investigation, the Senate Intelligence Committee is looking into what the CIA told lawmakers, but not beyond the Senate committee itself. Pelosi received her controversial September 2002 briefing as a member of the so-called "Gang of Four," the top Republican and Democrat on the House and Senate intelligence committees.

So Pelosi's briefing doesn't fit. [...]

[T]he Judiciary Committee investigation into abusive interrogation practices covers only the areas under its jurisdiction, namely the Justice Department and its approval of the techniques.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the top Republican on the House intelligence committee, has suggested that House Intelligence or House Judiciary should hold hearings and call Pelosi as a witness. Neither has begun any investigation into Bush administration interrogation practices.

Hey, I know, Petey! Enhancededly-interrogate Nancy. That'll kill (no pun) two birds with one Rushpublic waterboard.

Bush's Iraq Report defense: The propaganda worked

By GottaLaff

As I watch the Dow drop to 326, I'm unnerved. Now I'm unnerved and disgusted:

Froomkin:

Yesterday's long-awaited Senate Intelligence Committee report further solidifies the argument that the Bush administration's most blatant appeals to fear in its campaign to sell the Iraq war were flatly unsupported. [...]

The White House response? That officials in Congress and elsewhere were saying the same things about Iraq. Or in other words, that other people bought the administration line. It takes a lot of chutzpah to defend yourself against charges that you've engaged in a propaganda campaign by noting that it worked.

This is the kind of convoluted BushCo logic that comes from the guy who also said:



And:



Bush did succeed at one thing during his presidency: Convincing enough people of his lies to send a prosperous nation into an emotional, economic, moral, and geopolitical spiral.