“In 1991, you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from Congress regarding your involvement in the Iran-contra affair, for which you were later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush. I fail to understand why members of this committee, or the American people, should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful.” “If I could respond to that —” “It wasn’t a question. On Feb. —” “It was an attack —” “That was not, that was not a question. That was — I — I reserve the right to my time.” “It is not — It is not right —” “That was not a question —” “that a member of this committee can attack —” “On Feb. 8 —” “a witness who is not permitted to reply.” “That that was not a question. Thank you for your participation. On Feb. 8, 1982, you testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about U.S. policy in El Salvador. In that hearing, you dismissed as communist propaganda report about the massacre of El Mozote in which more than 800 civilians, including children as young as 2 years old, were brutally murdered by U.S.-trained troops. During that massacre, some of those troops bragged about raping a 12-year-old girl before they killed them — girls before they killed them. You later said that the U.S. policy in El Salvador was a ‘fabulous achievement.’ Yes or no, do you still think so?” “From the day that President Duarte was elected in a free election to this day, El Salvador has been a democracy. That’s a fabulous achievement.” “Yes or no, do you think that massacre was a fabulous achievement that happened under our watch?” “That is a ridiculous question, and I will not —” “Yes or no?” “No.” “I will —” “I’m sorry, Ms. — “take that as a yes.” “I’m not going to respond to that kind of personal attack, which is not a question.” “Yes or no, would you support an armed faction within Venezuela that engages in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide, if you believe they were serving U.S. interests, as you did in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua?” “I am not going to respond to that question. I’m sorry. I don’t think this entire line of questioning is meant to be real questions. And so I will not reply.”