Nancy Pelosi, who has endured constant scrutiny since saying she was unaware of harsh interrogation techniques being used on detainees, attempted to clear the air today at a press conference. She said that, in September 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency briefed her only once about the interrogation techniques — and was told that waterboarding was not being employed.

"I was informed then that Department of Justice opinions had concluded that the use of enhanced interrogation techniques was legal," she said Thursday at a news conference. "The only mention of waterboarding at that briefing was that it was not being employed."

She then said she later learned that the CIA gave her inaccurate information.

"We also now know that techniques, including waterboarding, had already been employed, and that those briefing me in September 2002 gave me inaccurate and incomplete information. At the same time, the Bush Administration was misleading the American people about the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

Pelosi also said that the government under President George W. Bush was a tangled web of lies. She went on to say that one of her staff members was informed of harsh interrogation methods in 2003.

"The CIA was misleading the Congress. At the same time, the administration was misleading the Congress on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq," Pelosi said.

The New York Times has the text of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s remarks on Thursday regarding the Central Intelligence Agency’s briefing of interrogation tactics and the information she was given. Click here to read her speech. Watch the video of the press conference below via MSNBC, which also has Pelosi answering questions from reporters: