U.S. won't use torture to gain intelligence on terrorists, Bush says [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sat, Jun. 04, 2005

U.S. won't use torture to gain intelligence on terrorists, Bush says

BY THOMAS M. DEFRANK
New York Daily News

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - President Bush says he won't condone torture to protect America, even if it means losing information about an imminent attack.

In an interview with radio and television news directors, Bush posed "an interesting ethical dilemma," using as an example a top al-Qaida operative captured last month in Pakistan.

"If you're in my shoes, and you thought Abu Farraj al-Libbi had planned an attack on America, would you use any means necessary to get the information from him?" Bush asked. "The decision I have made is `No, we will not.' And let's just pray he doesn't have that information. And when I told the American people we're not torturing, we're not torturing.

"But try that on for an interesting ethical dilemma as the president of the United States," he added.
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