A Headscratcher, Or, How Soon They Forget

The Times takes us back in time:

In late 2007, there was the first crack of daylight into the government’s use of waterboarding during interrogations of Al Qaeda detainees. On Dec. 10, John Kiriakou, a former C.I.A. officer who had participated in the capture of the suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah in Pakistan in 2002, appeared on ABC News to say that while he considered waterboarding a form of torture, the technique worked and yielded results very quickly.

Mr. Zubaydah started to cooperate after being waterboarded for “probably 30, 35 seconds,” Mr. Kiriakou told the ABC reporter Brian Ross. “From that day on he answered every question.”

His claims — unverified at the time, but repeated by dozens of broadcasts, blogs and newspapers — have been sharply contradicted by a newly declassified Justice Department memo that said waterboarding had been used on Mr. Zubaydah “at least 83 times.”

Well, Mr. Kirakou had left the scene and was relying on internal reports, so he may have made his statements in good faith.  But here is the puzzler:

Eight months after the interview, Mr. Kiriakou was hired as a paid consultant for ABC News. He resigned last month and now works for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Huh?  There are some staffers available to the minority but the bulk of the hiring is controlled by the majority party.  Either the Democrats hired this guy or agreed to work with him, which is interesting either way.

Comments

[clarice]

A call to the Committee would answer whether he works for the majority or minority counsel. In case anyone wants to follow up on this tantalizing bit of news.

(I have to run for a while.)

[Danube of Thought]

Specter switching parties today...

[verner]

Specter switching parties today...

Yeah I heard that too.

Good. It's about time. Only wish he had been honest enough to do it 8 years ago.

And I hope the gals in Maine follow suit.

[verner]

And another thing, now they'll have to pass their 4.2 trill without a single Repub. vote.

[Porchlight]

without a single Repub. vote

verner, do you think the Maine twins will vote no?

[verner]

They're not republicans. I would imagine that since Maine has gone true blue, they will follow suit very quickly.

Now let's see the resulting cat fights in the dem party. They own it,they can answer for it.

[verner]

Confirmed. Soros behind the Show Trials LUN

[Pofarmer]

Soros certainly is hiding in plain sight these days.

[verner]

WHHO HOOOO WE WERE RIGHT!!!!

KSM was wbded FIVE times

183 is the number of pours!

Fox comfirms!!!!!!!

LUN