Cheney Led Briefings Of Members Of Congress To Defend Interrogation Techniques

Washington Post:

Former vice president Richard B. Cheney personally oversaw at least four briefings with senior members of Congress about the controversial interrogation program, part of a secretive and forceful defense he mounted throughout 2005 in an effort to maintain support for the harsh techniques used on detainees.

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Comments

[Grannysue]

Trust me if Cheney could have gotten away with it he would have waterboarded these people himself, he's probably got a dungeon in his house.

[Oliver Watson]

The man is guilty of breaking the Geneva convention on war crimes.
Forget the DOJ... why hasn't The Hague been in touch yet?

and lets not forget about his committing treason in outing of a CIA spy...
If that were you or me, it'd be the death penalty.

[rich misty]

We never signed the World Court Treaty... Somebody was planning to torture...

[RRG64]

That does not make it legal. Nothing does. No defense.

[Oliver Watson]

Oh that's right, I forgot the USA doesn't play well with others

[drbillybob]

Can anybody show me in US code where waterboarding is specifically declared illegal?

hint ... it's probably next to a woman's right to abortion in our Constitution.

[jmpurser]

The same place it says it's legal to own a bike.

[slinkymom]

You really are skilled at pointless commentary.

[Thomas Jones 1]

It's in the Constitution where it refers to signed treaties being the law of the land

maybe you should check it out

[blairtone]

you are a total lefty windbag, tommy - the Constitution says no such thing

[RRG64]

"What is Cheney’s apparent excuse? He claims that there was a need to engage in the illegal tactics, but others have affirmed that there was no need to engage in illegal interrogation tactics and that, on the contrary, it was well-known by professionals that reliable intelligence must be obtained by lawful means of interrogation.

Furthermore, it is well-understood that under every relevant treaty-based and customary international law there is no such thing as a necessity defense with respect to outlawed tactics that are torture or cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment.

Such forms of ill-treatment are strictly prohibited in all circumstances.

More generally, it is well-understood that the laws of war are to be strictly applied during war when our national security is seriously threatened by enemies who have killed and will kill our nationals in the future."

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2009/05/complicity-of-dick-cheney-no-necessity.php

[rich misty]

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/terrorism?OpenDocument

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm

[drbillybob]

... so Congress did know. Now when will Pelosi fess up?

[slinkymom]

So if you think Pelosi is guilty of a cover up, then you must believe that Cheenie is quilty of war crimes.

[RRG64]

What does Pelosi have to do with Cheney and Rumsfeld authorizing torture?

[Emerald1943]

So, if this is the case, who was the republican speaker of the house???

[Heavy]

Only those who avoid service, can be so fond of conflict.
How much money did you make off of the bloood of American sons and daughters Cheney?
Is Liz worried her inheritance might go away?

[RRG64]

Cheney is a real life Colonel Winter in that movie the "Last Castle"......

[Emerald1943]

Since you mentioned it, DC reported $7.4 MILLION as "salary and wages" on his 2005 income tax. Now, I know he didn't make that much as VP, so just who was paying him over $7milion...and for what? Halliburton for all those no-bid contracts?

[Dr Matthew]

Cheney is the man! Literally. He is "the man".

I hope he gets what he deserves in one way or another.

[Thomas Jones 1]

Can someone inform the Cheney/bin Laden terr-or campaign that America has grown up and no longer falls for their fear mongering?

[HumeSkeptic]

Let's hope so.
I know that we want it to be that way, but we have only begun to turn away from a dark period of fear and depravity.

[Thomas Jones 1]

LTNS hume

(I used to be RantingTommy before the trolls took over and I took a break from here)

[HumeSkeptic]

Somehow, these lyrics came to mind:


Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture

Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And l!e beside me, ba-by,
that's an order!

Give me cr-a-ck and a-na-l s.e.x
Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the h0le
in your culture

Give me back the Be-rli-n wall
give me St-al-in and St Pa-ul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is mu-rd-er.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
...

(The Future, by Le0nard C0hen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D97OxHZzBeQ

[ebanks84]

Cheney's mantra!

[rich misty]

According to Republican logic, bank robbery is now legal.

Jesse James robbed banks!!!! Hey EVERYBODY JESSIE JAMES ROBBED BANKS!!! -fallout

[Glenmoredoc1]

Rumors are that C heney will change his name to "AnitaDick" when he goes to prison.
http://rookery2.viary.com/storagev12/1018500/1018690_ceba_625x1000.jpg
......and will shout 'Bring it on!' a lot.

[rich misty]

They will tell him what a pretty mouth he has.

[slinkymom]

I hear the sound of dueling banjos...

[fallout4U]

C-I-A Project Pho-en-ix

33,358 deta-ined with-out tri-al.

26,369 South Vie-tnamese civ-ilians ki-lled under Ph-oe-nix

[RRG64]

What does this have to do with Dick Cheney`s War Crimes?

[rich misty]

And the price of tea in china.

[Glenmoredoc1]

rotflmao

[fallout4U]

Was initiated in 1966, ran until 1973

[OKnight]

gump?

[Thomas Jones 1]

and yet you are still scared

so, you are saying that you support tort-ure out of fear but even war crimes don't make you feel safer

wow, you really are a pansy

[RRG64]

LOL

[ebanks84]

Good information. Such a shame it is lost on tro//s.

[RRG64]

What does those numbers have to do with Dick Cheney`s War Crimes?

[rich misty]

I suppose the Republican goal now is to hurt as many Americans as possible, since they have no hope of winning elections.

[ebanks84]

They've been doing that all along. They might need a NEW plan by now!

[oregonrain]

You wont read , or see this guy in the news , but , you can bet he is a very good friend of http://mail.live.com/default.aspx?rru=HoTMaiL%3ffti%3dyes&reason=nocookies&wa=wsignin1.0wsignin1.0

[oregonrain]

I apologize , the link doesnt seem to be working.

[PiscesPrincess]

Wow. more comments on this article than I have seen in a long time. One in ten is worth reading. sad.

[rich misty]

Maybe Redstate or Freerepublic is more your speed?

[ebanks84]

I tend to agree!

[Emerald1943]

Unfortunately, the tr0//s come out in droves whenever their hero is on the main thread!

[flamom4obama]

I don't know which is scarier.........the lies Cheney told or the truth he flaunts.

[OKnight]

his birth photos...

[RRG64]

neither....in the end he will be shown to the world as the coward that he is.

[ebanks84]

I hope!