George Bush: I Was Aware Of Harsh Tactics Meetings

President Bush says he knew his top national security advisors discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News Friday.

"Well, we started to connect the dots, in order to protect the American people." Bush told ABC New s White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. "And, yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved."

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Comments

[Zentomato]

A complicit media, a compliant and fearful Congress and an under informed apathetic US electorate. The blame goes full circle. Throw all of these bums out! Purge Washington.

[longsongzola]

I still cannot believe the kind of free ride this guy is getting. Bill Clinton (I am not defending him) got impeachment calls because he is having an affair, but G.W. Bush got away with f* the whole country (and many parts of the world).

[plainsman]

As Rudy would say...9/11. 9/11. 9/11. 9/11. Terror, terror, terror. People are so paralyzed by fear and distracted by media misdirection that they will confuse tyranny as necessity.

[Neocon187]

To all of the necons, republicans, etc. out there: I'd like to reverse the oversimplified torture scenario:

An American Black Ops or other operative is captured by a terrorist cell. He has knowledge of a bomb set to go off in one hour which could kill a high ranking member of Al Qaeda. They employ torture in an attempt to try to find out the location of the bomb (it could even be a nuclear one).

Would he:
A) Tell them exactly where the bomb is?
B) Endure the torture for as long as possible, then tell give them the wrong location to throw them off long enough for the bomb to go off?
C) Allow himself to be tortured to death without telling them anthing?

If you chose A, you're in the Bush Cabinet.
If you chose B or C, ask yourself: can't our enemies do that too?

[plainsman]

That's why torture would never work in that scenario, especially with people who have a martyrdom mentality.

It took me a second to get over your screen name. As soon as I saw Neocon a gut reaction kicked in, but then the substance of your post actually made sense.

[Wulfstan]

I agree with torture, the more the better. All Dick Taters do it.

And my best pal is Decapitator in chief Prince Bandar, so there.

GWB.

[tumblewind]

Didn't this guy swear on the bible to protect and preserve the Constitution of the United States from all foreign and domestic enemies???????? What the man is doing is clearly against the Constitution. It's obvious he lied to the American people on that too! What is he still doing in office???????

[piranhica]

Look you numweds, we don't torture. I told you that. We enhance entorrogations, that means make 'em better. We have emergency rooms, too. I told you that, too. So stop complaining, too.

GWB

[Jrtrollspaceman]

how dare they attempt to protect the country - the horror

[plainsman]

How dare we try to protect the troops from torture!

[comebackid]

Don't you wonder what it is like for us who do not live in, pee in our pants fear, every moment of every day?

[Neocon187]

Right: everyone knows that you can get someone to give you the information you need to know by torturing them.

Whether or not it's the truth.

[Nyland8]

There is no evidence they've done that.

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[sugarmoes]

"Well, we started to connect the dots, in order to protect the American people."

has there ever been a more focus-grouped statement?

"see... when the president breaks the law and commits war crimes... it's ok... because he's pertektin uhmurkuh... heh heh... 9/11... the horror... we did not ask for this... must pertekt murkuh... latte drinking liberals only want to give terrorists therapy... we want to slaughter them day and night..."

[MAX1]

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IMPEACH BUSH for BLOWING the JOB!

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[Collielady]

Speaker Pelosi said she would impeach if there was a good reason for it. I guess that means Dubya would have to walk into the House Chambers and open fire. Then, maybe then, she will move forward with impeachment. So there's always hope. : - /

[kroses98]

Speaker Pelosi should be thrown out of office, and Bush is not aware of anything but the sound of his own voice!!! He thinks it's awesome, which goes to show what denial he's in!!!!!!

[Raymondf]

Way to go George, Whats the difference in harsh Interrogation, and useing your on poeple as shields to deliver their strapped on bombs to blow up mostly their own people. Your all Idiots, to think waterboarding, or anything is harsh treatment to use to try to stop the people, that want to die so they can have 72 virgins, all they will have is about 30,000,000 whores, because their not going where there are virgins. Their going straight to hell.

[chronic]

This nation is f*cked up.


The bush presidency proves this fact!

[Geoffi]

"I am George W. Bush, and I approved this mess."

[darker]

GWBush: I crap my pants any time I want to-- "it's my party"! And that security team will clean it up!

[CAPTAINSKIPPY]

Thanks for the admission, Mr. gWb. Read him his rights. Let the courts decide whether he has the capacity to "be aware" or not. On with the War Crimes trials, now!

[MetalCanuck]

There you go folks, he admitted to war crimes now wake up...they can do this they can do 9/11. They are evil...wake up.

[mari2JJ]

So true!!! Haul this entire administration to the War Crimes Court and let us then finally get our good name back. When one of our military is captured and exposed to waterboarding, this administration has behaved in such a way as to say that behavior is fine. Imagine that. they are true criminals.