In his op-ed for the Washington Examiner today, Newt Gingrich says Leon Panetta's recent comments during a June 24th closed briefing (click here for more) don't vindicate Nancy Pelosi; in fact, they do quite the opposite.
Now, her defenders are trying to make the argument that Panetta's recent testimony vindicates her outrageous claim that the CIA lies to Congress "all the time."
However, even if we are to take these seven Democrat's claims about the content of his [Panetta's] testimony at face value, this news does not vindicate Pelosi words, it vindicates Panetta's - exactly those words which he is now being asked to retract.
After all, it was Panetta himself who informed Congress of these past infractions.
By making it a point to correct the record with Congress, his testimony is a demonstration indeed that "It is not [the CIA's] policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our laws and values."
