talkingpointsmemo.com - 4/22/2009
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The National Archives confirms that Cheney formally requested the release of classified CIA documents to prove that the intelligence gathering ends justified the torture means.
Hmmm, Cheney using classified documents to buttress his political and rhetorical positions ... haven't we been here ...
propublica.org - 4/22/2009
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propublica.org —
ProPublica Last week, we pointed out that one
of the newly released Bush-era memos inadvertently confirmed that
the CIA held an al-Qaeda suspect named Hassan Ghul in a secret prison and subjected him to what Bush administration lawyers called ...
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Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 4/21/2009
news.bbc.co.uk - 4/21/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has urged the
CIA to release memos which he says show harsh
interrogation techniques such as water-boarding work. His comments follow the publication of memos written by Bush administration lawyers which justified ...
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Cheney enters 'torture' memos row
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Question Of The Day
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
"Which group — Cheney/Mukasey/Hayden or the Obama administration has
more credibility now?" - Jennifer Rubin. On a related note, it appears that Cheney did request documents be released. ...
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Cheney, Doing Damage Control, Calls For Release Of Classified Intel
theplumline.whorunsgov.com 4/21/2009 — There was an extraordinary moment during former Veep Dick Cheney's interview on Fox News last night, in which he revealed that he'd "formally" asked the CIA to release classified intelligence that would prove that the torture program had been effective.
Cheney Cherry-Picks Intelligence (Again)
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 ...
Not To Tell Cheney How To Do His Job, But...
justoneminute.typepad.com 4/25/2009 — Cheney's request to the National Archives for CIA files related to the effectiveness of the enhanced interrogation program has been released. Per Greg Sargent, he is only asking for two files totaling twenty one pages: One is dated July 13th,...
Who’s Trying To Fool Americans?
commentarymagazine.com 4/22/2009 — The New York Times reports that Dennis Blair issued a memo last week confirming that the interrogation techniques banned by the the president resulted in “significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with ...
Let's Not Fool Ourselves
talkingpointsmemo.com 5/8/2009 — There's a lively debate today about which if any Democrats knew about various torture practices on a relatively contemporaneous basis. And we're going to have reporting today from TPMmuckraker about what certain documents do or don't mean. Speaking ...
Cheney Lies Again
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 4/25/2009 — This is vital, because it reveals just how bad a card Cheney has to play in protecting himself from being prosecuted as a war criminal. The CIA inspector general's report found no evidence that torture had given any information that would not have ...
Cheney Doubles Down on ‘torture’ memos.
moelane.com 4/21/2009 — Release them all.
(Via Andrew Malcolm) Former Vice President Dick Cheney has indicated that last week’s disclosure / distraction involving four CIA ‘torture’ memos is critically incomplete, as it fails to give results. He wants the ...
CIA got Cheney's request today —
First Read 4/21/2009
From NBC's Andrea MitchellThe Cheney transition office says that the former VP made the request to the National Archives to declassify the CIA documents on March 31st, and the Archives confirmed on April 8th that they had forwarded the request to the ...
MoveOn calls for special prosecutor —
First Read 4/22/2009
From NBC's Mark MurrayThe liberal organization MoveOn has sent a video to its members, urging them to sign a petition that asks Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to look into whether Bush administration officials broke the ...
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