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Meeker Morgan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 06:52 PM
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Bush admits torture -- World yawns
At least that's how it looks to me.

Here's the story:

Bush: I OK’d waterboarding KSM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/bush-i-okd-water-boarding-ksm

President George W. Bush acknowledges in his new memoir that he personally approved the use of waterboarding against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Washington Post reports.

In "Decision Points," due out Tuesday, the former president writes that he was asked by the CIA for permission to waterboard Mohammed (dubbed KSM), who was suspected of having information about additional terrorist plots. "Damn right," Bush says he responded. He adds that he would make the same call again, in order to save lives.

President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have both affirmed that waterboarding -- holding a person's blindfolded face under running water, to simulate the sensation of drowning -- constitutes torture. In theory, Bush's admission could expose the former president to prosecution. But the Obama administration has signaled that it has little appetite for going after Bush administration policymakers over the issue.

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Winston Wolf Donating Member (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-10 09:50 PM
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1. Kicked...
...and recommended.
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