Frisco Nan Weaves A Web Of Lies

The liberal Democrats in Congress and the administration are apparently unable to help themselves from politicizing every issue on which they have disagreed with former president George Bush.

Now, Wonderboy has reversed himself on investigating Bush administration officials involved in building the case for aggressive handling of certain high-value terrorist captives. Detractors call it 'torture,' but it's not. At least, Mideast Arabs, were you to ask how to torture someone, would reply with real methods of torture, not the psych ops used by American interrogators.

However, even the opening moves aren't going so well for the Democrats. First, Wonderboy's own man, Dennis Blair, noted how effective the methods were at uncovering future terror plots against the US.

Then four former or current CIA Directors wrote to advise against releasing the memos which have caused the recent storm, as well as educated our enemies as to our methods.

But perhaps the best unexpected consequence came when Frisco Nan began telling tall tales in an attempt to distance herself from the mess.

You see, some years ago, upon gaining membership in the House Intelligence oversight committee, Nan, along with others, was briefed on, and concurred with the CIA's methods. Other House members, including then-member, later CIA Director, Porter Goss, have corroborated the stories that Frisco Nan was present, understood the methods were being used, and even asked if they went far enough.

Nan, on the other hand, went on record this week claiming that she never realized these methods were actually being applied. In turns of phrase that have been described as "Clintonian" in their opacity, shifts of timeframe and tense, Nan has attempted to claim she 'knew nothing,' in order to avoid being caught in the net with which she herself is trying to ensnare well-meaning Bush officials in the Justice Department.

Every report which I have seen on Nan's comments casts doubt on her statements and notes her obvious interest in lying about what she knew back in 2001-02, and later. My lunch partner and old colleague, B, thinks that this, alone, could either lead to Nan's unseating next year, or, if the Democrats hold onto the House, her removal as Speaker.

Don't forget, too, that other Congressional Democrats will be in the same boat. If the liberals really go after Bush operatives in an attempt to hold show trials, you can bet the Republicans will be bringing all the Democrats who were involved into the picture. The latter will then be faced with retaining counsel and spending a small fortune to defend themselves, along with the Bush administration officials, or will have to call off the witch hunt.

Of course, the whole enterprise will expose Wonderboy's regime for the spiteful, misguided partisan administration that it is.