ABC News: Bush aware of advisers' interrogation talks
source: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/LawPolitics/story?id=4635175&page=1
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President Says He Knew His Senior Advisers Discussed Tough Interrogation Methods
By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG, HOWARD L. ROSENBERG and ARIANE de VOGUE
April 11, 2008
President Bush says he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News Friday.
(ABC News Photo Illustration)"Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people." Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. "And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved."
As first reported by ABC News Wednesday, the most senior Bush administration officials repeatedly discussed and approved specific details of exactly how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the CIA.
The high-level discussions about these "enhanced interrogation techniques" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic.
These top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding, sources told ABC news.
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Inofuilwell
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Torturing prisoners and so-called "detainees" is a human rights violation and is a war crime. Simply giving another definition to a prisoner of war does NOT exempt them from our OWN ethical code of conduct that has been a part of the fabric of America since the Revolutionary War.
We have lost much in the eyes of the rest of the world because of these crimes. You must vote to impeach the perpetrators and to punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
- 3 years ago
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Inofuilwell
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anjela3
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Of course he was aware. The major hang up here is that they're called, simply, 'interrogation techniques'. We have every "right" to interrogate prisoners. The problem is when interrogation entails torture. There is an admission to using waterboarding. The Administration has never admitted to waterboarding as torture. I doubt if they ever do because if they did, they are in big trouble mister as you cannot torture POWs, probably the least of Bush's international law violations.
http://www.motherearth.org/bushwanted/laws.php
So they can say they knew about it, planned it, carried it out all they want. As long as they keep saying they didn't torture anyone, it's all quite fair in their minds. - 3 years ago
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anjela3
