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Did Cheney Throw Bush Under The Bus?
Bush knew about CIA torture, says Cheney
Bush knew about CIA torture, says Cheney
"President George W Bush was fully aware and an "integral part" of the CIA's torture of terror suspects, his vice-president Dick Cheney said Wednesday. The long-awaited US Senate report released Tuesday on the program of harsh treatment and torture of detainees said Bush only learned details of it in 2006, four years after it started in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Detainees were beaten, waterboarded -- some of them dozens of times -- and humiliated through the painful use of medically unnecessary "rectal feeding" and "rectal rehydration", the report said.
Speaking to Fox News, Cheney denied Bush was kept out of the loop. He said the then-president "was in fact an integral part of the program and he had to approve it."
"According to the 500-page declassified summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's findings, the first CIA briefing with Bush on the interrogation techniques was on April 8, 2006."
That means according to the Senate's findings, Bush didn't know, but Cheney says Bush did know.
How's that work for you?
Does it sound like he pulled the rug out from under Bush?
Did Cheney Throw Bush Under The Bus?
Bush knew about CIA torture, says Cheney
Bush knew about CIA torture, says Cheney
"President George W Bush was fully aware and an "integral part" of the CIA's torture of terror suspects, his vice-president Dick Cheney said Wednesday. The long-awaited US Senate report released Tuesday on the program of harsh treatment and torture of detainees said Bush only learned details of it in 2006, four years after it started in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Detainees were beaten, waterboarded -- some of them dozens of times -- and humiliated through the painful use of medically unnecessary "rectal feeding" and "rectal rehydration", the report said.
Speaking to Fox News, Cheney denied Bush was kept out of the loop. He said the then-president "was in fact an integral part of the program and he had to approve it."
"According to the 500-page declassified summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's findings, the first CIA briefing with Bush on the interrogation techniques was on April 8, 2006."
That means according to the Senate's findings, Bush didn't know, but Cheney says Bush did know.
How's that work for you?
Does it sound like he pulled the rug out from under Bush?
Did Cheney Throw Bush Under The Bus?
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