Posted on 11/15/2006 12:13:18 AM PST by Omega Man II
Document shows Bush guided CIA on detention
By David Johnston
The New York Times
The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including one signed by President George W. Bush, that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects.
The CIA disclosed the existence of the documents in a letter Friday sent from the agency's associate general counsel, John McPherson, to lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The contents of the documents were not revealed, but one document, as described by the ACLU, is "a directive signed by President Bush granting the CIA the authority to set up detention facilities outside the United States and outlining interrogation methods that may be used against detainees."
The second document, according to the group is a Justice Department legal analysis "specifying interrogation methods that the CIA may use against top Al Qaeda members."
ACLU lawyers said they would now press for public disclosure of the contents of the documents
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Ye protest too much...
And this is a problem...how?
All these threads should begin with a picture of the World Trade Center.
..and so it begins......
Anyone who doesn't believe it to be torture simply needs to experience it.
Once.
I don't know. I've never had it done. But those here saying this is great news should look at the facts. If the memos show he authorized waterboarding, it isn't great news for Bush or for any Republican who tries to defend him.
I just can't imagine he would be so stupid as to put something like that in writing. I think Gonzales is that stupid, but I doubt Bush is, and I doubt takes Gonzales seriously. Surely to God Bush doesn't take his legal advice.
And I have no problem with the policies on handling of detainees.
We should take him out this instant, while we can.
Let's see, who is it, besides the POTUS that is REQUIRED to DIRECT the CIA? So the fact that the POTUS did in fact DIRECT the CIA is a revelation of something nefarious?
Nothing surprises me anymore...
Yeah, right just look at my past posts--I'm a Libertarian or "real conservative" who sent a message last Tuesday. Uh huh.
Hope you're proud of your Speaker Pelosi.
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