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youtube.com - 12/16/2008
ABC Cheney Admits Torture Guilt!! (video)
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Wow!! National TV! One would think he is proud of the TORTURE he just said he knew of which means he approved of and he would do it again!!This ...
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Cheney admits authorizing detainee's torture
rawstory.com - 12/15/2008
Cheney admits authorizing detainee's torture
— rawstory.com — Outgoing VP says Guantanamo prison should stay open until end of terror war, but has no idea... when that might be. Monday, outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney made a startling statement on a nation-wide, televised broadcast. When asked by ABC News ... (more) Cheney admits authorizing detainee's torture

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Cheney Defends Torture: It ‘Would Have Been Unethical Or Immoral’ For Us Not To Torture
thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
Cheney Defends Torture: It ‘Would Have Been Unethical Or Immoral’ For Us Not To Torture
— thinkprogress.org — In an interview earlier this week, Vice President Cheney admitted to personally approving the torture of high-profile... detainees. In a new interview with the Washington Times, Cheney stridently defended the Bush administration’s torture ... (more) Cheney Defends Torture: It ‘Would Have Been Unethical Or ...

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motherjones.com - 12/17/2008
Torture
— motherjones.com — TORTURE.... Responding to Andrew Sullivan, Reuel Marc Gerecht defends his defense of torture: I take it from... your post that if you had been confronted on 7 September 2001 with a captured Khalid Shaykh Muhammad or Abu Zubaydah and you knew that a ... (more) Torture

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Daily Kos:  Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

Newshoggers.com:  Cheney admits authorizing torture

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Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
Daily Kos — Dick Cheney defends brags about his role in making torture fashionable again.

Cheney admits authorizing torture
Newshoggers.com — by Jay McDonough From the LA Times: Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he was directly involved in approving severe interrogation methods used by the CIA, and that the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain open indefinitely. Cheney's comments also mark the first time that he has ...

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