Poppin-Jay

Jay Rockefeller is a consummate liar. Some years ago he was caught out planning to do something never done in modern history -- turn the Senate Intelligence Committee into a partisan tool. Today's Wall Street Journal shows he continues to lie -- this time about what he knew about the government's treatment of certain captured Al Qaeda leaders and does so for partisan reasons:On February 4, 2003, Senators Pat Roberts and Jay Rockefeller of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence were given a briefing in which "EITs [were] 'described in considerable detail,' including 'how the water board was used.' The process by which the techniques were approved by DoJ was also raised." The document also adds that Mr. Rockefeller, the Committee's ranking Democrat, was later given an "individual briefing."Nor was that the only time Mr. Rockefeller, who chaired the Committee from 2007 to 2009, heard from the CIA. The West Virginian was briefed at least 12 times more about...(Read Full Post)