Graham links Pelosi, terror interrogations

WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has threatened to call House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to answer questions about terror interrogations.

Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Pelosi could answer questions about what she knew about Bush era interrogation techniques for which Republicans have come under fire, The Hill reported Wednesday.

"I don't want to retry Nancy Pelosi -- that's not my goal - but if you're going to accuse these people in the Bush administration of being evil and committing a crime, then if she was told about (interrogation tactics), I want to know what she was told," said Graham, R-S.C.

Another senior Republican, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, has said that Pelosi should have objected to interrogation practices when she allegedly was briefed on them in 2002 as a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, the newspaper reported.