Reporting from Washington -- 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 remarks on Guantanamo appear to put him at odds with President Bush, who has expressed a desire to close the prison, although the decision is expected to be left to the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Cheney's comments also mark the first time that he has acknowledged playing a central role in clearing the CIA's use of an array of controversial interrogation tactics, including a simulated drowning method known as waterboarding."I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared," Cheney said in an interview with ABC News.
Asked whether he still believes it was appropriate to use the waterboarding method on terrorism suspects, Cheney said: "I do."
So to recap, Cheney said he not only knew about the torture harsh interrogation techniques, but he also helped to get them cleared and he STILL endorses the use of waterboarding which just about everybody agrees now is torture.
Pssst, Nancy Pelosi, is impeachment off the table?
Well at this point there is but one thing for me to do: A tribute to Dick Cheney.
"Now, I've got the world swinging from my nuts" was censored out and is actually the best damn line in the whole song.
ReplyDeleteYea, it's Cheney. Good call.