Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
12/13/2007
Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Intelligence Authorization Conference Report
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the
following statement today on the House passing the fiscal year 2008
Intelligence Authorization Act Conference Report by a vote of 222 to 199:
“The New Direction Congress is committed to improving
coordination among the 16 intelligence agencies and intelligence-related
activities of the
“I am also pleased that the legislation extends the
prohibitions against torture contained in the Army Field Manual to Intelligence
Community personnel. It is vital that
our government’s interrogation practices not vary on an agency by agency basis
and that practices actually employed are lawful, likely to produce reliable
intelligence, and reflective of our nation’s values.
“With the passage of this legislation, Congress has
reasserted its critical oversight role on intelligence activities. The investments the bill makes in human
intelligence, counterterrorism operations, and analysis will help achieve the
New Direction’s primary goal of making