“…some Democratic leaders claimed that they had never been told about the [CIA’s enhanced interrogation] techniques [EITs] and that the Bush administration used EITs only in secret. One Democrat who deserves to be singled out by name is Nancy Pelosi [CA], now Speaker of the House. She claims to have been left in the dark–which the CIA has vigorously disputed and the record has been proven false. The CIA conducted more than thirty briefings for congressional members on the practices. One summary released by the CIA of a September 4, 2002, briefing, for example, said, ‘Briefing on EITs including use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah [a high-level al-Qaeda operative], background on authorities, and a description of the particular EITs that had been employed.’ Pelosi was in attendance.”
– Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Pages 295-296