Bush Has Changed His Mind
Bush Has Changed His Mind About Torture
by Libby of Liberal Woman Blog, November13, 2005
A source inside the White House willing to speak on promise of anonymity said that Vice President Dick(less) Cheney and US national security adviser Stephen (liar) Hadley in a meeting today convinced President Bush to stop lying about the issue of torture. Someone listening outside the door of the meeting said they overheard Cheney claiming, "dammit Georgie, you gotta stop saying "America does not torture" especially since I've been working my balls off trying to slip in that little attachment in that other bogus spending bill so we can torture those damn Iraqi Muslims. How else do you expect us to get them to lie...ah, I mean say that Iraq is working with the terrorists? Now, I mean it, Georgie, you gotta stop or I'm gonna tell Rove to let something slip to the press about why you really choked on that pretzel....remember it had something to do with an aide on her knees in front of you while you were watching the reruns of the Twin Towers going down, speaking of which, ahem, never mind."
We understand that Cheney and Hadley were quite convincing.
Here is another related story concerning the tortue issue...
AFX News Limited
White House declines to rule out torture to thwart attack 11.13.2005, 06:05
WASHINGTON (AFX) - A top White House official refused to rule out the use of torture in an effort to prevent a major terrorist attack, arguing the war on terror could present a 'difficult dilemma' and the US administration was duty-bound to protect the American people.
The comment, by US national security adviser Stephen Hadley, came amid heated national debate about whether the CIA and other US intelligence agencies should be authorized to use tough interrogation techniques to extract from terror suspects information that may help prevent future assaults.
The US Senate voted 90-9 early last month to attach an amendment to a defense spending bill that would prohibit 'cruel, inhuman or degrading' treatment of detainees in US custody.
But the White House has threatened to veto the measure authored by Republican Senator John McCain and has lobbied senators to have the language removed or modified to allow an exemption for the Central Intelligence Agency.
During a trip to Panama earlier this month, President George W. Bush said that Americans 'do not torture.'
But appearing on CNN's 'Late Edition' program, Hadley elaborated on the policy, making clear the White House could envisage circumstances, in which the broad pledge not to torture might not apply. That appeared to include a possible imminent attack similar to that of September 11, 2001.
Hadley also pointed to the possibility of a compromise with the Senate on the McCain amendment, saying the White House was consulting with congressional leaders on the issue.
by Libby of Liberal Woman Blog, November13, 2005
A source inside the White House willing to speak on promise of anonymity said that Vice President Dick(less) Cheney and US national security adviser Stephen (liar) Hadley in a meeting today convinced President Bush to stop lying about the issue of torture. Someone listening outside the door of the meeting said they overheard Cheney claiming, "dammit Georgie, you gotta stop saying "America does not torture" especially since I've been working my balls off trying to slip in that little attachment in that other bogus spending bill so we can torture those damn Iraqi Muslims. How else do you expect us to get them to lie...ah, I mean say that Iraq is working with the terrorists? Now, I mean it, Georgie, you gotta stop or I'm gonna tell Rove to let something slip to the press about why you really choked on that pretzel....remember it had something to do with an aide on her knees in front of you while you were watching the reruns of the Twin Towers going down, speaking of which, ahem, never mind."
We understand that Cheney and Hadley were quite convincing.
Here is another related story concerning the tortue issue...
AFX News Limited
White House declines to rule out torture to thwart attack 11.13.2005, 06:05
WASHINGTON (AFX) - A top White House official refused to rule out the use of torture in an effort to prevent a major terrorist attack, arguing the war on terror could present a 'difficult dilemma' and the US administration was duty-bound to protect the American people.
The comment, by US national security adviser Stephen Hadley, came amid heated national debate about whether the CIA and other US intelligence agencies should be authorized to use tough interrogation techniques to extract from terror suspects information that may help prevent future assaults.
The US Senate voted 90-9 early last month to attach an amendment to a defense spending bill that would prohibit 'cruel, inhuman or degrading' treatment of detainees in US custody.
But the White House has threatened to veto the measure authored by Republican Senator John McCain and has lobbied senators to have the language removed or modified to allow an exemption for the Central Intelligence Agency.
During a trip to Panama earlier this month, President George W. Bush said that Americans 'do not torture.'
But appearing on CNN's 'Late Edition' program, Hadley elaborated on the policy, making clear the White House could envisage circumstances, in which the broad pledge not to torture might not apply. That appeared to include a possible imminent attack similar to that of September 11, 2001.
Hadley also pointed to the possibility of a compromise with the Senate on the McCain amendment, saying the White House was consulting with congressional leaders on the issue.
posted by Sandy at 11:07 AM
1 Comments:
good. i hope bush vetoes...
he'll be forever known as the new hitler who demanded the right to torture muslims.
i hear cheney is working overtime, trying to bully republicans on the committee to back away from that bill...so's bush won't hafta veto.
cat
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