A few other things that we know about the torture program
I found this buried in the McClatchy article -
- The CIA thought al Qaida operative Abu Zubaydah was withholding information about an imminent threat as of April 2002, but didn’t get authorization to use various interrogation techniques on him until more than three months later.
- Key Senate Intelligence Committee members were briefed on the techniques used on Zubaydah and Khalid Sheik Mohammed in 2002 and 2003.
- The Director of Central Intelligence in the spring of 2003 sought a reaffirmation of the legality of the interrogation methods. Cheney, Rice, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales were among those at a meeting where it was decided that the policies would continue. Rumsfeld and Powell weren’t.
- The CIA briefed the Rumsfeld and Powell on interrogation techniques in September 2003.
- Administration officials had ongoing concerns about the legality of waterboarding as they continued to justify its legitimacy. (more… )
I’m very fuzzy on the Al Qaeda plot to fly a plane into the tallest building on the west coast. Was this really a plot? Or was it like those kids in Miami or those guys who wanted to blow up Kennedy airport by attacking the pipeline over a mile away? If it was a “real” Al Qaeda plot when was it broken up? As a rule if Cheney or any of the Bushies are talking about it, they are fabricating.
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