Only Sorta Reality Based

by digby

At the insistence of semi-insane GOP senator Kit Bond, Panetta just retracted his statement from yesterday that the United States’ extraordinary rendition program had kidnapped terrorists suspects and transferred them to other countries to be tortured. He wasforced to say that they had been transferred to be “questioned,” and had to promise that he would never say such a thing again and would make sure that nobody who worked for him ever said anything else.

We’re still in the up is down, black is white, “you can believe me or you can believe your lyin’ eyes” era. In Washington, credibility is determined by how well you deny reality.

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