So now Pelosi's to blame for torture?!

It's amazing. It's almost like something out of a Lewis Carroll fairy tale.

Right-wingers who defended Bush's "enhanced interrogation techniques" are now attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for allegedly condoning torture.

Now, all of a sudden, waterboarding is a problem.

I should be surprised, but I'm not.

Consistency isn't a priority of the right. Smearing the Dems at any opportunity is. No matter how far they have to stretch things.

Under the Bush administration, Pelosi and other Congressional leaders had received CIA briefings about interrogation methods. What exactly was said is under dispute by the various parties.

But one thing is certain: Even if Pelosi had been aware that waterboarding was happening, what could she have done about it? Not much.

The was dealing with classified information, so she couldn't exactly speak publicly about it.

Some say that she should have drafted legislation outlawing waterboarding, if she had opposed its use. But that would have been redundant, since such means of interrogation are already illegal under U.S. domestic and international law.

So is Pelosi misleading us? Or did the CIA -- the same CIA that destroyed all those interrogation tapes -- mislead Congress?

We The People deserve some answers. So perhaps this is what it will take to get a special prosecutor or truth commission in place to investigate the use of torture by U.S. agents, and to hold accountable all those responsible -- be it Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, the CIA, and/or Pelosi.

And somehow, if that investigation occurs, I have a feeling that Pelosi won't be exposed as the guiltiest party.