http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/11/bush-admits-he-ordered-torture/ Forward Movement Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:29:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/11/bush-admits-he-ordered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-78007 Bush Admits Ordered Being Mean To Terrorists, Think Progress Has Hissy Fit : Stop The ACLU Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:58:57 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/?p=9533#comment-78007 [...] Jules Crittenden puts it nicely Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks. [...] [...] Jules Crittenden puts it nicely Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks. [...]

]]> http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/01/11/bush-admits-he-ordered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-78006 Bush Admits Ordered Being Mean To Terrorists, Think Progress Has Hissy Fit » Pirate’s Cove — Shiny! Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:55:51 +0000 http://www.julescrittenden.com/?p=9533#comment-78006 [...] Jules Crittenden puts it nicely Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks. [...] [...] Jules Crittenden puts it nicely Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks. [...]

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