Add this to our list of legislators who knew about the CIA’s recording of interrogations of al-Qaeda detainees: in September 2002 and again in 2003, the leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees were briefed on what goes on in those interrogations. That means ex-Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), and ex-Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) knew about waterboarding prisoners like Abu Zubaydah, leader of al-Qaeda’s military committee. Publicly, The Washington Post reports, they said nothing, because privately, they didn’t object — until waterboarding became public knowledge, and some of the lawmakers expressed outrage. But some are disputing that account, though they’re not giving specifics. From the Post:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179219