Democrat Pelosi says Cheney set tone for CIA interrogation practices [View all]

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney "set a tone" for the interrogation and detention programs conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Pelosi said she believed Cheney, an influential figure in U.S. security policy under former President George W. Bush, was proud of the CIA's actions during the Republican administration.

"I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA," Pelosi said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.

"Many people in the CIA are so patriotic, they protect our country in a way to avoid conflict and violence," she said, adding the agency's "attitude" came from Cheney. "I think he's proud of it."


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Nancy Pelosi blames CIA's "enhanced interrogation" on Dick Cheney


In advance of a report from the Senate Intelligence Committee that will cast a harshly critical eye on the CIA's post-9/11 "enhanced interrogation" program, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sought to absolve the spy agency of some of the blame for using interrogation methods critics have dubbed tortuous.

Pelosi told CNN on Sunday that the "patriotic" officials at the CIA were only following marching orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney.

"I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA," she said. "Many people in the CIA are so patriotic, they protect our country in a way to avoid conflict and violence."

"But the attitude that was there...I think it came from Dick Cheney," she said. "I think he's proud of it."


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-blames-cias-enhanced-interrogation-on-dick-cheney/


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