Get ready to see some good ‘ol political entertainment. The democrats, led by Pelosi, Reid and POTUS Obama have been crowing about transparency in their administration and government. We’ve discussed some of it here before. I’ll call to the forefront the recent “torture” hullabaloo with the CIA. Obama created a precedent by declassifying documents about the torture. This disclosed what is known in the intelligence circles as “means & methods” which are closely held secrets in order to prevent enemies from working on mitigation solutions. For example, if you knew your enemy uses ground vehicles only, that can significantly alter one’s defense or even offense against you. Former VP Cheney has requested (through the National Archives) that the results of the interrogations supposedly conducted with torturous methods be declassified as well in an transparency effort to show the public what was gained. Ok, good, but largely that beckons the question of whether the ends justify the means. Likely thousands of American citizens in Los Angeles were saved due to it. I’ll refrain from the debate for now as it’s not key to the point I’ll make here. News is coming out today that over 30 congressional-level briefings occured starting in 2002 specifically discussing the interrogations (including methods). At no point were objections raised nor were funds suspended or cut for these programs. Here’s a brief list of people in attendance at these meetings: Sen. John Rockefeller, (D-WV), Rep. Jane Harman, (D-CA), Rep. Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), Sen. Richard Shelby, (R-AL), and Rep. Pete Hoekstra, (R-MI), Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL).

Did something change that now they are opposed and deciding to raise a stink about it? If Holder goes forward with investigations, then each of these members of Congress should be investigated as well for contributing to the effort and be held accountable as any other administration official.

GorT

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