Cheney approved CIA’s torture tactics
“Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely.” – Greg Miller, LA Times
Read about Cheney’s confession after the break!
“…[Dick Cheney] has acknowledged playing a central role in clearing the CIA’s use of an array of controversial interrogation tactics, including a simulated drowning method known as waterboarding.”
“Asked whether he still believes it was appropriate to use the waterboarding method on terrorism suspects, Cheney said: ‘I do.’”
“CIA Director Michael V. Hayden has said that the agency used the technique on three Al Qaeda suspects in 2002 and 2003. But the practice was discontinued when lawyers from the Department of Justice and other agencies began backing away from their opinions endorsing its legality.”
“Asked when the Guantanamo Bay prison would be shut down, Cheney said, “I think that that would come with the end of the war on terror.”
“We’ve always exercised the right to capture the enemy and hold them till the end of the conflict,” Cheney said.”
Source: Read the full article by Greg Miller from the LA Times
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