Shown here in an April 2 photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the CIA and the Bush administration misled her during a 2002 briefing about waterboarding. (Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Newscom)

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Shown here in an April 2 photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the CIA and the Bush administration misled her during a 2002 briefing about waterboarding.

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Pat Murphy talks with reporter Ron Scherer

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