Torquemada

Not much to add to this. Apparently the Dem leadership has been aware of Bush's torture practices since 2002. Only one of the notified individuals, then ranking Dem on the House Intel Committee, Rep. Jane Harman, objected in any way.

She later lost that position in what was widely seen as a public spat with Pelosi, who did not object to torture. Technically Harman was supposed to rotate out of that job, but it's easy to see another motive for getting her out of Intel oversight before she could, you know, do something about the torture with the new Democratic majority. Pelosi had to make sure her own bloody hands stayed out of public view.

What a lovely world we live in.

Source: The Washington Post
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