young_at_heart
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Sun Apr-26-09 11:03 AM
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Since we don't torture, why is Porter Goss making a big deal? |
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PANAMA CITY, Panama - President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation practices and called the treatment of terrorism suspects lawful. “We do not torture,” Bush declared in response to reports of secret CIA prisons overseas.
Bush supported an effort spearheaded by Vice President Dick Cheney to block or modify a proposed Senate-passed ban on torture.
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Sun Apr-26-09 11:11 AM
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along with his bosses. He's just trying to stay out of prison, along with his bosses.
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Sun Apr-26-09 11:15 AM
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2. Porter Goss (does anyone care what he says), said this yesterday: |
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As for the proposition that the abandonment and disclosure of the enhanced interrogation techniques promotes national security, Goss observes: "The suggestion that we are safer now because information about interrogation techniques is in the public domain conjures up images of unicorns and fairy dust."
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Sun Apr-26-09 12:04 PM
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4. No. No one cares what he says. |
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Sun Apr-26-09 11:25 AM
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3. First person to invoke the benefits of unicorns and fairy dust loses. |
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