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Bush: I Authorized Torture (video)
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Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
thinkprogress.org - 1/11/2009
Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
— thinkprogress.org — In an interview with Brit Hume that aired today on Fox News Sunday, President Bush admitted that... he personally authorized the torture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He said he personally asked “what tools” were available to ... (more) Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh ...
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julescrittenden.com - 1/12/2009
Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
— julescrittenden.com — ... for kicks. Hang on, that's just the usual Think Progress nonsense. Actually, Bush admits he approved... harsh interrogation methods after being told they were legal and did not constitute torture ... seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in ... (more) Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
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Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture Of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Think Progress — In an interview with Brit Hume that aired today on Fox News Sunday, President Bush admitted that he personally authorized the torture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He said he personally asked “what tools” were available to use on him, and sought legal approval for waterboarding him: BUSH: One such person who gave us information was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. … And I’m in the Oval Office and I am told that we have captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the professionals believe he has information necessary to secure the country. So I ask what tools are available for us to find information from ...

Poor Excuses
N/A — When is “torture”  not torture? George Bushs says it’s not torture when  “We got legal opinions.“  The Heretik will now throw up.

Bush Tells Brit Hume: I Asked What Tools Were Available To Interrogate Khalid Sheik Mohammed
Say Anything — Which, of course, prompts the liberals to proclaim: BUSH PERSONALLY AUTHORIZED TORTURE OF KHALID SHEIK MOHAMMED!!! Here’s the video: BUSH: One such person who gave us information was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. … And I’m in the Oval Office and I am told that we have captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the professionals believe he has information necessary to secure the country. So I ask what tools are available for us to find information from him and they gave me a list of tools, and I said are these tools deemed to be legal? And so we got ...

Bush admits his mistakes
The Reaction — By Libby Spencer Bush held his last presser yesterday. I missed it live but Creature posted a video with the highlights. CNN reports Bush admitted to some mistakes. This was the most important one in his mind. "Clearly putting a 'Mission Accomplished' (banner) on an aircraft carrier was a mistake," Bush said. "It sent the wrong message." Only because it became the internationally recognized shorthand for epic fail and will likely remain the longest running joke to the end of time. Bush is also sorry for some of the other dumb stuff ...

REPORT: Key Terror Detainee Acknowledged ‘I Make Up Stories’ In Response To Torture
Think Progress — The Bush administration has long justified its use of torture by claiming that it obtained valuable information from torturing 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Late last year, former Vice President Dick Cheney said, “Did it produce the desire results? I think it did.” He explained: I think, for example, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was the number three man in al Qaeda, the man who planned the attacks of 9/11, provided us with a wealth of information. But according to documents released by the Obama administration in response to a lawsuit brought by the ...

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