Multiple news accounts this morning report that Pelosi’s credibility is in question after yesterday’s press conference, in which she accused the CIA of lying about what they told members of Congress about the agency’s use of torture. This theme was sounded by MSNBC, WaPo’s Dan Balz, the New York Times write-up, and many others.
That’s as it should be. But I challenge you to find a news account that stated with equal prominence that the CIA’s credibility is also in question.
Again, what's worse is that Pelosi's veracity (or not) is insignificant next to the bigger questions here. Questions that the establishment press aren't asking in lieu of this Pelosi business. The Torture-Iraq nexus is an explosive story -- so why all the attention on a Democrat who had nothing to do with authorizing torture and, with it, fabricating the case for war?