MSNBC is saying that Cheney suggested torturing to get a prisoner

[Hieronymus]

to link Iraq with 9/11 .... as many of us thought.

[Cha]

1. Wow! That's what the

scuttlebutt has been.

[Enrique]

2. people have testified to that

at least one or two military or CIA interrogators, testifying to Congress.

[babylonsister]

3. So did this guy...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5652332&mesg_id=5652332

Former NBC News investigative producer Robert Windrem reports that the vice president’s office suggested waterboarding an Iraqi prisoner who was suspected of knowing about a relationship between al Qaeda and Saddam.

[emulatorloo]

4. Would not surprise me. Sounds like Senator Whitehouse thinks maybe so too n/t

[Hippo_Tron]

5. While I am not at all surprised...

Wouldn't it be much easier to just lie and say that the prisoner linked Iraq to 9/11?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. Cheney's a traditionalist

You don't torture to get new information - you use torture to get a false confession or a script that you want for your own ends

[Thrill]

7. Holder will have no choice but to investigate.

[Hieronymus]

9. I hope that is Obama's intention.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. Hasn't this already been proven? The question is what's going to be done about it. n/t