Liz Cheney on Waterboarding

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Liz Cheney (Dick Cheney's eldest daughter), educates (journalist?) Norah O’Donnell.

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President Obama's decision to release the interrogation memos has created a firestorm that could end any chance of bi-partisanship and seriously hamper advancing his political agenda - and make no mistake - it was the Presidents decision. He could have let the ACLU's law suit for the release of these top secret documents go to court.

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used Obama's openness to prosecute the Bush administration to say, "It gives further impetus among members to have some kind of truth commission as to what happened. I do not think immunity should be granted to everyone in a blanket way,"

Pelosi denied knowing U.S. officials used water boarding, but here's a 2007 Washington Post story which describes a 2002 briefing in which Pelosi, among others, were told about enhanced interrogation techniques in graphic detail.

This reminds me of the guy that decided to burn a few leaves in his backyard… in Myrtle Beach.

Update: Obama and Reid back-off
Related: 58% Say Release of CIA Memos Endangers National Security