Bush Boasted about Tortured Captive

About the time President George W. Bush was boasting of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s capture in late 2002, the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing was undergoing waterboarding, according to top-secret documents released in a New York federal court case. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 8, 2009

Leopold provides an update on the incrementally increasing information on torture that was part of the Bush crime family.

“This new information only underscores the need for full and immediate disclosure of the CIA’s illegal interrogation methods," Singh said. "The time has come ... More »

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by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 9, 2009

Was it illegal at the time that the prisoners were tortured? If the torturers were told this was legal, all the up the chain to the president. Was it legal.? Picking off the low ranked people who were ordered to this is unfair. Thats why a special prosecutor has to be appointed.

I can't help but wonder was some kind of deal was made before Bush left office. This doesn't pass the smell test.

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