Where has 'torture' coverage gone? Jun 16, 2009
CH wrote on Jun 15, 2009 12:05 AM:" Bob: Keep in mind who( which party) had the white house and congress back in 2003. You can not blame the Dems at the time and not hold the majority party responsible at the time. Why have we not heard from Porter Goss (R-FL) Chairman House Intelligence Committee. Remember Nancy was in the minority party and was new to the committee at the time.Oh yeah Sarah Palin could not see torture from Alaska at the time so it must not have happened. ". CH wrote on Jun 14,... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Pelosi vs. CIA: Why It Matters May 30, 2009
Former CIA Director Porter Goss said that the CIA provided accurate information to Pelosi. Goss further said that the only objection during the briefing was the concern as to whether the CIA was going far enough. (Townhall.com)
Time for Nancy Pelosi to Resign May 30, 2009
CIA records show Pelosi and Congressman Porter Goss, along with the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee, were briefed in September of 2002 on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques (including waterboarding). The CIA's version is verified by Goss, who later became the head of the CIA from 2004-2006. (Townhall.com)
Lawmakers firmly divided on CIA briefings May 24, 2009
Paul Kane,Joby Warrick, Washington Post. Sunday, May 24, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Be honest, Nancy May 24, 2009
Demeanor aside, the evidence is against her not only the rebuttal of new CIA Director Leon Panetta but also the recollection of Porter Goss, the only other legislator present at a September 2002 CIA briefing where, agency representatives say, they informed the two members of the House Intelligence Committee ranking Democrat Pelosi and Republican Chairman Goss that waterboarding had been used on terrorism suspects detained by the United States. Pelosi says she was briefed only that once and that... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Rollins: Week of torture, sex and Twitter May 22, 2009
At the time, she was the ranking minority member of the Intelligence Committee and was briefed along with then-Chairman Porter Goss, a Republican. Goss, who went on to become the CIA director, recalls it differently. (CNN -- US)
U.S. Blabocracy Makes Intelligence Sources Clam Up May 22, 2009
We can t keep having a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets, former CIA director Porter Goss wrote in April 25 s Washington Post. Our intelligence allies overseas view our inability to maintain secrecy as a reason to question our worthiness as a partner. (Human Events Online)
Pelosi's hypocrisy means no 'truth commission' on torture May 21, 2009
Web Search powered by YAHOO. Forget about where you come down on "torture" or "enhanced interrogations." The simple fact is that, as a political matter, the drive for a "truth commission" - never mind a war crimes tribunal - is dead as long as Nancy Pelosi is the speaker of the House. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Obama's Handling of CIA May Haunt United States May 21, 2009
In 1999, I interviewed then-House Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss along with other editors of Human Events. Goss told us he could get "emotional about how bad we've crippled our intelligence capabilities.". (Human Events Online)
- From the Right: Pelosi the political logjam (1) May 21, 2009
Imperial Valley Press Online - Our Opinion - From the Right: Pelosi the political logjam. Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 5:54:29 am. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
More errors in CIA interrogation briefing list May 21, 2009
Porter Goss attended a March 8, 2005, briefing as a member of Congress. However, Goss was at that time the director of the CIA. He took that job in November 2004. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Italy Will Resume CIA Rendition Trial May 21, 2009
Porter Goss needs to clean up the joint. I'm fed up with reading about our corrupt government. (CBS News -- World)
Why Pelosi Should Step Down May 20, 2009
If Nancy Pelosi believed that waterboarding was justified in 2002 -- just like Porter Goss, President Bush, Vice President Cheney and CIA Director Tenet -- then a policy of selectively using enhanced interrogation techniques in carefully circumscribed ways in order to prevent future attacks -- in other words, the Bush Administration policy -- is vindicated. But rather than admit that President Bush, when faced with an array of difficult choices, made the hard choice that kept the nation safe,... (Human Events Online)
Force a Vote Against the Coverups May 20, 2009
Porter Goss) on, ;the use of EITs [enhanced interrogation methods] on Abu Zubaydeh, background on authorities, and a description of the particular EITs that had been employed. Pelosi s serial denials and CIA Director Leon Panetta s direct contradiction of Pelosi s statements need to be resolved. (Human Events Online)
NUTTY NANCY'S CIA CONSPIRACY TALES May 19, 2009
The CIA must have convinced Porter Goss, the Republican congressman (and subsequent CIA director) who was present at the 2002 briefing, to lie and pronounce himself "slack-jawed" at Pelosi's account. It must have forged the "contemporaneous records" CIA Director Leon Panetta has cited that show Pelosi was told of the waterboarding. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Richard Milhous Pelosi May 18, 2009
In an April 25 op-ed in the Washington Post, Porter Goss wrote, Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed; or that specific techniques such as "waterboarding" were never mentioned. Goss went on, writing that, We understood what the CIA was doing. (Human Events Online)
The Torture Debate, Continued May 17, 2009
The fact that Pelosi (and her intelligence aide) and then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss and dozens of other members of Congress knew about the enhanced interrogation and said nothing, and did nothing to cut off the funding, tells us something very important. Our jurisprudence has the "reasonable man" standard. (Townhall.com)
GOP could use Pelosi torture woes against Obama May 17, 2009
Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss, a Republican who was briefed with Pelosi and later became CIA director, has insisted that they were told waterboarding was used. Sen. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Panetta to Pelosi: We Don't Lie to Congress May 16, 2009
com - Panetta to Pelosi: We Donie to Congress. Friday, May 15, 2009. (Newsmax)
Nobody's a Hero May 16, 2009
Porter Goss said they were. Either way, it's like Kryptonite for the otherwise-durable Pelosi, although the NYT calls it "" that even if she had been fully knowledgeable about what was going on in September 2002, she would have been relatively powerless to stop it. (Slate)
Barack Obama's Facebook Feed May 16, 2009
Porter Goss tagged Nancy Pelosi in the photo album Interrogations Briefing, 2002. Maine changed its relationship status to Gay Married. (Slate)
Sen. Bond: Attacks on Intel Community a Tragedy May 16, 2009
Bond: Attacks on Intelligence Community a Tragedy. Friday, May 15, 2009. (Newsmax)
Who You Calling Debriefed? May 16, 2009
Porter Goss, who attended the meeting with Pelosi, has taken the CIA's side. But he's a Republican who later went on to run the CIA. He's got political reasons to contradict her as part of the GOP's broader attempt to distract attention from a past where Republicans are in far more political and legal danger. (Slate)
In Defense of Nancy Pelosi May 16, 2009
Next, we have the disgraceful Porter Goss. His complicity in the anti-Pelosi web is especially distressing considering Pelosis one-time admiration for the man. (Townhall.com)
GOP BACKS AGENCY... May 16, 2009
GOP backs CIA in dispute with Pelosi. GOP backs CIA in dispute with Pelosi. (The Drudge Report)
GINGRICH: Pelosi 'Lied,' 'Despicable,' 'Dishonest,' 'Vicious,' 'Trivial'... May 16, 2009
Additionally, where is Porter Goss and the previous CIA Director that were also involved in the Breifings. Hiding. (The Drudge Report)
Was it a mistake to use interrogation techniques such as waterboarding? May 16, 2009
As former CIA director Porter Goss said in a recent Washington Post article, there is simply no comparison between our professionalism and [the terrorists] brutality. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
GOP backs CIA in waterboarding dispute with Pelosi May 16, 2009
Porter Goss, a Republican who at the time was the chairman of the committee and later became CIA director, also was present. While Goss has scoffed at Pelosi's description of the briefing, other lawmakers have challenged the accuracy of the CIA's overall reconstruction of events. (USA Today)
How Waterboarding Is Drowning Pelosi May 15, 2009
On the other side is former Representative Porter Goss, who was the only other Representative at the same briefing as Pelosi in 2002. Goss, who went on to head the CIA, said in an op-ed in the Washington Post that they had been told about the EITs. (Time.com)
Pelosi: Bush team misled her on waterboarding May 15, 2009
We were told that waterboarding was not being used,' says the speaker. May 14: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got into a public dispute with the CIA Thursday over when she knew about waterboarding. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Obama Playing Shameful Politics With CIA May 15, 2009
As former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss has said, It is certainly not trust that is fostered when intelligence officers are told one day I have your back only to learn a day later that a knife is being held to it. . (Newsmax)
Pelosi: What Did She Know, And When? May 15, 2009
On Sept. 4, 2002, Pelosi, then the ranking Democratic member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was personally briefed with Committee Chairman Porter Goss on what the CIA called "enhanced interrogation techniques," or EITs. In particular, the CIA briefed the members on the use of these techniques on Abu Zubaydah, a high-ranking al-Qaida operative captured in Pakistan the previous March. (Newsmax)
Full Story May 15, 2009
Pelosi: CIA misled her on waterboarding - Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Channel 7 News Fox WSVN-TV. Thursday, May 14, 2009. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Analysis: Pelosi raises bar on torture debate May 15, 2009
Analysis: Pelosi's claim raises bar on torture debate. Analysis: Pelosi's claim raises bar on torture debate. (AZCentral -- News)
GOP Hits Back at Pelosi on CIA 'Lies' May 15, 2009
The DNI report said then-House intelligence Chairman Porter Goss, Pelosi -- who was the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee -- and two aides were told about "the particular EITs that had been employed" on Zubaydah. along with some other Democrats, have maintained that House Democrats did what little they could to register objections to the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, but that the Bush administration wouldn't or couldn't be stopped. (ABC News)
Rove: Nancy Pelosi an 'accomplice to torture'... May 14, 2009
Porter Goss, then House Intelligence Committee chairman, and Mrs. Pelosi, then the committee's ranking Democrat, on EITs including waterboarding. They were the first members of Congress to be informed. (The Drudge Report)
Pelosi Knocked Off Her Game May 12, 2009
In September 2002, Pelosi, then the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was briefed along with then-Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss (R-Fla. that suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah had been subjected to the tactics and told of the particular EITs that had been employed, according to a report the agency released Thursday. (Roll Call)
Which GOP? Powell or Limbaugh? May 12, 2009
The first briefing on September 4, 2002 was for then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss and Pelosi, then the ranking Democrat on the committee. The subject of the briefing is listed as EITs, or enhanced interrogation techniques, including use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah, a suspected al Qaeda leader imprisoned at U.S. facilities in Guantanamo Bay. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Hoekstra Calls for Hearings on Pelosi 'Torture' Claims May 11, 2009
According to the report, Pelosi was told of the techniques used against Zubaydah during a Sept. 4, 2002, meeting with intelligence officials, then-House intelligence committee chairman Porter Goss, and two aides. At the time, Pelosi was the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. (Newsmax)
Enhanced Lying May 9, 2009
When asked about a September 2002 meeting with intelligence officials and then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss, Pelosi proclaimed: "In that or any other briefing ... we were not, and I repeat were not, told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation techniques were used.". How is it then that a memo issued by the director of National Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency says the Pelosi-Goss briefing covered EITs, an abbreviation for enhanced... (Investors Business Daily)
Hill Holds Fire on Harman May 9, 2009
House Leaders Quiet on Allegations of Wrongdoing. By Roll Call Staff April 21, 2009, 12 a.m.. (Roll Call)
Who’s Watching The Watch Lists? May 9, 2009
Who s Watching The Watch Lists. Who s Watching The Watch Lists. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
ABC News reports: May 9, 2009
The report details a Sept. 4, 2002 meeting between intelligence officials and Pelosi, then-House intelligence committee chairman Porter Goss, and two aides ... Staff Members: Tim Sample and Michale Sheehy were also in the first briefing with Nancy and Porter Goss (does his name ring a bell for anyone. (Harper's Magazine)
CIA memos: Pelosi aide knew of waterboarding May 9, 2009
Paul Kane, Washington Post. Saturday, May 9, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
A brutal, dangerous world May 9, 2009
In a recent op-ed, former CIA chief Porter Goss said the Obama administration had crossed the line by releasing the memos. We cant have a secret intelligence service, if we keep giving away all the secrets, he said. (Florida Today)
Pelosi still explaining interrogation briefing May 9, 2009
The CIA's records were vague on what exactly she and then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss were told. The CIA identified 39 other congressional briefings on interrogation methods, spanning nearly seven years. (AZCentral -- News)
Pelosi Knew About Harsh Tactics, Memo Says May 9, 2009
Pelosi briefed in 2002 on interrogation tactics. Article:Pelosi briefed in 2002 on interrogation tactics:/c/a/2009/05/07/MNGC17GU6F.DTL Article:Pelosi briefed in 2002 on interrogation tactics:/c/a/2009/05/07/MNGC17GU6F.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP May 8, 2009
CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of 'Enhanced Interrogations' - Capitol Briefing. Get the latest on House and Senate votes. (The Drudge Report)
Pelosi Lied, Briefed on Torture Memos in 2002 May 8, 2009
According to the DNIs report, Pelosi was told of the techniques used against Zubaydah during a Sept. 4, 2002 meeting with intelligence officials, then-House intelligence committee chairman Porter Goss, and two aides. At the time, Pelosi was the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee. (Newsmax)
Pelosi briefed in 2002 on interrogation tactics May 8, 2009
Paul Kane, Washington Post. (05-08) 04:00 PDT Washington. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Report: Pelosi Briefed on Interrogation Tactics in 2002 May 8, 2009
It cites a Sept. 4, 2002, meeting involving intelligence officials and Pelosi, then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss (R-Fla. and two aides. (Roll Call)
Readers write May 6, 2009
Porter Goss has not-so-cleverly disguised his op-ed piece as a partisan rant. As a congressman, he fully backed whatever means necessary to stop the bad guys. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Ethics Case Disclosures Still Distant May 6, 2009
By Roll Call Staff May 6, 2009, 12 a.m.. The Office of Congressional Ethics could wrap up a half-dozen investigations as early as next week, but public disclosure of those probes is unlikely to occur until mid-July at the earliest. (Roll Call)
5 comments May 2, 2009
Porter Goss in The Washington Post this past weekend: "Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members (of Congress) claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed; or that specific techniques such as 'waterboarding' were never mentioned." So maybe the speaker of the House would not be a very good spy. If there is any good news to come from the Obama administration's release of CIA documents relating to the detention and interrogation of... (Human Events Online)
Talking Points Apr 29, 2009
The following men are on record as saying the tough interrogation methods saved lives and were done responsibly in the context of a direct attack on the United States: Former CIA Directors George Tenet, Michael Hayden and Porter Goss, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and President Obama's director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair. On the other side, FBI Director Robert Mueller dissents, saying no worthy intel was gleaned. (Fox News)
GOP to CIA: Release interrogation brief records Apr 28, 2009
Former CIA Director Porter Goss disputed their recollections of the briefing in an opinion piece published Saturday in the Washington Post. Goss was at the time chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and received the same briefings. (AZCentral -- News)
Harshly Enhanced, Painfully Brutal Coercion Techniques Apr 28, 2009
The LAT says that in the seven years the CIA used "severe interrogation techniques" on terrorist suspects, the agency never sought "." In 2003, the agency's inspector general recommended a study by outside experts on whether the techniques worked, but Porter Goss, the CIA's former director, "turned instead to two former government officials with little background in interrogation." The Times says the resulting memos were limited in scope, led to no change in policy, and were not seen by Bush... (Slate)
GOP lawmakers: Release interrogation records Apr 28, 2009
Former CIA Director Porter Goss disputed their recollections of the briefing in an opinion column published Saturday in The Washington Post. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Obama policy on torture has two sides Apr 19, 2009
In fact, the release of the classified Bush-era memos was delayed for nearly a month in part because of strenuous objections from four previous CIA chiefs Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet and John Deutch. Obama ultimately overruled those concerns. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Ex-CIA chiefs slowed torture memos release Apr 18, 2009
Former CIA chiefs Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet and John Deutch all called the White House in March warning that release of the so-called "torture memos" would compromise intelligence operations, current and former officials say. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to detail internal government discussions. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Wall Street Journal: Apr 16, 2009
People familiar with the matter said some senior intelligence advisers to the president raised fears that releasing the two most sensitive memos could cause the Obama administration to be alienated from the CIA's rank and file, as happened during the Bush administration when Porter Goss, who was unpopular among CIA officers, headed the agency. View Full Image. (Harper's Magazine)
Feds: CIA boss had history of bad behavior Feb 26, 2009
Olson said he was "flabbergasted" that then-director Porter Goss made Foggo executive director and that Goss "had been taken in by a 'con man' like Foggo.". "I was not surprised when I learned of his guilty plea," Olson wrote in his affidavit. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Counter Intelligence Feb 18, 2009
But the recommendation was ignored by Porter Goss and Michael Hayden, the two directors who succeeded Tenet. Examples of other mistakes abound: An officer operating in the Middle East once betrayed an entire network of agents when he tried to pass through an airport metal detector with their passports carelessly stuffed into a pocket with a steel pen. (The American Conservative)
CIA Director Sworn In, Emphasizes Importance of 'Honesty' Feb 14, 2009
Kappes left the agency during the turbulent tenure of former CIA Director Porter Goss, who rankled some career officers by moving in officials from his congressional offices to the agency. Kappes returned to the CIA in July 2006. (ABC News)
