Gonzales once again implicates self in Bush torture program

[babsbunny]

Gonzales once again implicates self in Bush torture program

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/gonzales_i_was_aware_of_waterboarding.php?ref=fpb

Ryan J. Reilly | November 22, 2010, 9:15AM

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told TPM in an exclusive interview that he was aware of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used against suspected terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

He wouldn't say, however, whether he remembered when George W. Bush approved KSM's waterboarding. Bush recalled in his book that he told the CIA "Damn right" when asked whether to waterboard the man accused of planning Sept. 11.

"What I can say is that, yes I was aware of the techniques, I did have knowledge, and I know that a number of lawyers worked to look to see whether it could be administered in a way that was consistent with the anti-torture statute and guidance was given by the Department of Justice while I was in the White House about how these techniques could be implemented to gather important information, in a dangerous period for our nation, to gather information from the enemy that would be in America's favor," Gonzales told me.

[Octafish]

1. I don't approve of torture, but if I did I'd volunteer to get to the truth with 'Speedy.'

All I'd need is a sharp pencil. Just kidding, Fredo. It's for taking notes.