Nancy Pelosi: “We were not -- I repeat, not -- told that waterboarding or any of…”

On the recordApril 22, 2009

We were not -- I repeat, not -- told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used.

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Nancy Pelosi asserts that she and others were not informed about the use of waterboarding and other interrogation methods.

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Nancy Pelosi: “We were not -- I repeat, not -- told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used.”