So the Washington Post reported yesterday that the CIA briefed a "bipartisan group" of senior Congressional officials -- including Democratic Party leaders Nancy Pelosi and Jane Harmon -- about the use of "waterboarding" and other aggressive interrogation techniques back in 2002, and that at the time no objections were raised. I'm a little surprised this hasn't gotten more attention than it has. It doesn't excuse the practice, for sure -- but it does make the more recent protestations and shock expressed by Congressional leaders about the matter ring a little bit hollow.