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emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 4/24/2009
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Greg Sargent got a hold of Cheney's FOIA request for the documents that will prove--he claims--that torture was effective. He's asking for two documents, both of which were stored in his "detainees" file in his files. They are:
CIA Report, dated July 13, ...
mcclatchydc.com - 4/25/2009
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mcclatchydc.com —
WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004
found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding...
or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks," according to ...
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CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 4/24/2009
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com —
I’ve just obtained from the National Archives the
actual request form that Dick Cheney submitted for CIA...
documents he claims will prove that torture worked. Cheney requested all of two CIA documents, a total of 21 pages. You can look at ...
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Obtained: Cheney’s Request Form Detailing The Two CIA ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 4/23/2009
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In case you're wondering whether Dick Cheney and
other former Bushies are succeeding in shifting the torture...
debate on to the narrow question of whether it has "worked," take a look at this headline, photo, and article in today's New York Times .
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Cheney Succeeding In Shifting Torture Debate?
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More on Cheney’s Declassification Request
The Moderate Voice —
... Via Spencer’s post, Marcy Wheeler found an apparent reference to the July 13, 2004, memo in the May 30, 2005, memo by Steven Bradbury — one of the four that Obama released last week. ...
Levin to Cheney: You’ve Got Nothing
Firedoglake —
... which appears to have details from two documents related to those Cheney is seeking. As I suggested in April, it appears Cheney may be seeking one of the documents, and a version of another, that Bradbury used to rebut the CIA IG report's conclusion that the torture was not all that useful. ...
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