Who does the WH need more? The CIA or Pelosi....

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seems to be the CIA.



http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush /

May 15, 2009
Gibbs dodges Pelosi question

The White House wants nothing to do with this Nancy Pelosi fight with the CIA.

Not long after CIA Director Leon Panetta put out a statement sticking by his agency, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs dodged a question about whether Pelosi was right in questioning the CIA.

"I think you've heard the president say this a number of times: the best thing we can do is to look forward," Gibbs said. "I appreciate the invitation to get involved in here, but I'm not gonna RSVP,"

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1. I am not buying the media framing.

By making it simple, they lose the context.

I don't see it as Pelosi versus the CIA.

I see it as Speaker of the House Pelosi pointing out, some people in the CIA, under Bush/Cheney, did not accurately brief congress, knowing they were misleading them. And pointing out the need to review issues of checks and balances.

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2. That would have been a good statement from Gibbs.

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3. If I were Gibbs I would not want to be involved in this mess either

As far as I can tell the whole thing is just more Republican idiocy designed to protect Bush/Cheney.

The whole "What DId Pelosi Know" controvery is going to collapse under its own weight pretty soon.

I mean c'mon - if Fox News thinks torture is so great, why are the concerned about "What Did Pelosi Know". Illogical.

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4. You are probably right. Silence is golden.