Cheney admits to authorizing torture

Post #301,136 by jay 12/16/08 11:01:32 AM Reply	Cheney admits to authorizing torture http://rawstory.com/...torture_1215.html Monday, outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney made a startling statement on a nation-wide, televised broadcast. When asked by ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl whether he approved of interrogation tactics used against a so-called "high value prisoner" at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison, Mr. Cheney, in a break from his history of being press-shy, admitted to giving official sanctioning of torture. Cheney isn't the sort to say something like that by accident. He said that for some reason, the obvious one being Bush is planning pardons. There are other possibilities though, he could be trying to play the system, either taking advantage of the tendency of administrations not to directly attack the previous one with legal cases or to get it out and let the press bubble subside before Bush leaves office. Jay
Post #301,138 by boxley 12/16/08 11:29:53 AM Reply	more interesting is why cheney is authorizing anything? and why would a commander accept and act on such a command? Veep isnt on the list as assistant commander in chief. thanx, bill
Post #301,145 by jay 12/16/08 3:12:15 PM Reply	Cheney fixed that some time ago Cheney reorganized the White House chain of command to go through his office. Exactly how much isn't clear, because his level of power is obviously even greater then the changes he has made on paper and this White House isn't big on documentation. Jay
Post #301,146 by boxley 12/16/08 3:14:15 PM Reply	cant fix the constitution whoever carried out orders on behalf of the veep without a presidential finding signed by shrub is hung out to dry on a very slender limb
Post #301,148 by mhuber 12/16/08 3:20:43 PM Reply	Good if you need a scapegoat Had the fan proved to be on when the shit hit it, the Infestation could always hang their minions out to dry by that very excuse - acting on non-existent VP authority.
Post #301,149 by boxley 12/16/08 3:27:06 PM Reply	most brass wouldnt act without a finding unless they have been sheepdipped then like Liddy they go to jail
Post #301,150 by Silverlock 12/16/08 3:31:27 PM Reply	Cheney's reply to that (or so I imagine) Well of course I got the kid to sign off on it. You think I'm stupid? Or that he doesn't do what I tell him? Sheesh.
Post #301,156 by Ashton 12/16/08 4:40:54 PM Reply	We don't even do Banana Republic well - Real Banana Republics don't need no steenkin Veeps. The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken

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