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Possibly, though you didn't realize anybody demanding torture-in-hindsight following 9/11 and we did have access.
But certainly politicians will sway to some degree with the political breeze. And to the extent that Democrats in positions of authority to intervene were aware and did nothing then they are deserving of the same response (though Pelosi or Hastert being told about it in a meeting she wasn't legally allowed to talk about and Bush making sure the legal office produced exactly the CYA guidance they wanted are not the same thing. And while Pelosi may have remained silent (she claims to have not actually be told while committee chair) the next minority chair of the intelligence committee, Jane Harmon, did write a letter of protest in February 2003 when she was told waterboarding had been used. So while you can claim she should have done more, her position (Harmon's) has been consistent.
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