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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEvil Dick: Rectal rehydration was not "one of the authorized or approved techniques"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-president-dick-cheney-cia-torture-report-full/story?id=27513355
He insisted the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques were all legally justified and inconsistent with "torture," though he conceded that the practice of "rectal rehydration" mentioned in the report, "was not one of the authorized or approved techniques."
Cheney said he also rejects the allegation that his boss, President George W. Bush, was kept in the dark. He was in fact an integral part of the program. He had to approve it before we moved forward with it, Cheney said. He knew everything he needed to know and wanted to know about the program."
While the brutal and graphic descriptions of the techniques have dominated headlines and been labeled "torture" by President Obama, Cheney says critics have lost sight of the context.
The former vice president said he's particularly bothered by criticism over the treatment of Khalid Sheilk Mohammad, the alleged mastermind of 9/11. He is in our possession, we know hes the architect [of the attacks], what are we supposed to do? Kiss him on both cheeks? Cheney said.
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Evil Dick: Rectal rehydration was not "one of the authorized or approved techniques" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Dec 2014
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Cheney on Bush: “He knew everything he needed to know and wanted to know about the program."
hedda_foil
Dec 2014
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spanone
(135,791 posts)1. how would he know if the CIA was lying to the white house?????
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. Evil Dick looks a bit dry there, dehydrated maybe. Hmmmm.
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)3. Hey W how does it feel under the bus?
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)4. why isn't this fucker dead yet?
I can't wait for the opportunity to piss on his grave.
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)5. Cheney on Bush: “He knew everything he needed to know and wanted to know about the program."
Right. So Bush the Lesser was told what Dick the Heartless thought he needed to know?