http://blog.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/2009-04-16-dni-memo-to-workforce-sl_004151.pdf

As the leader of the Intelligence Community, I am trying to put these issues into perspective . We cannot undo the events of the past ; we must understand them and turn this understanding to advantage as we move into the future.

It is important to remember the context of these past events . All of us remember the horror of 9/11 . For months afterwards we did not have a clear understanding of the enemy we were dealing with, and our every effort was focused on preventing further attacks that would kill more Americans.It was during these months that the CIA was struggling to obtain critical information from captured al Qa'ida leaders, and requested permission to use harsher interrogation methods. The OLC memos make clear that senior legal officials judged the harsher methods to be legal, and that senior policymakers authorized their use. High value information
came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country . As the OLC memos demonstrate, from 2002 through 2006 when the use of these techniques ended, the leadership of the CIA repeatedly reported their activities both to Executive Branch policymakers and to members of Congress, and received permission to continue to use the techniques.


I find this very interesting. I can only hope there is indeed an investigation, and Pelosi has to testify under oath. She is obviously lying about what she knew, and I hope this grandstanding blows up in her face.