“Asked by The Times [of London] if he [former President George W. Bush] personally authorised the use of waterboarding–effectively drowning the suspect by pouring water on his face–against the al-Qaeda suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mr. Bush said: ‘Damn right!’ Geoffrey Robertson, QC [Queen’s Counsel], a human rights expert and founder of the Doughty Street Chambers, […]
11/9/2010
In his memoirs, former President George W. “Bush writes that waterboarding was highly effective, providing ‘large amounts of information.’ ‘No doubt the procedure was tough, but medical experts assured the CIA that it did no lasting harm,’ he writes. ‘I knew an interrogation programme this sensitive and controversial would one day become public. When it […]
11/9/2010
“Downing Street today [November 9, 2010] dismissed George Bush’s claim that waterboarding is not torture after the former president used his memoirs to play down the brutality of the interrogation technique and claimed that it saved British lives. Waterboarding, which was banned by President Barack Obama, helped foil attacks on Heathrow airport, Canary Wharf and […]
11/9/2010
“The Justice Department disclosed on Tuesday [November 9, 2010] that no one will be charged in the long ongoing investigation into the destruction of 92 CIA videotapes that showed enhanced interrogation techniques being used on terrorism detainees. Federal prosecutor John Durham had been investigating the destruction of the CIA tapes, which are believed to have […]
11/5/2010
In his upcoming memoirs, former President George W. Bush claimed that after enhanced interrogation techniques proved successful in gleaning information from al Qaeda leaders, “Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet asked if he had permission to use enhanced interrogation techniques including waterboarding on [9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh] Mohammed. Bush exposes his inner thoughts on what […]
11/5/2010
Regarding former President George W. Bush's upcoming memoirs: "[I]f there were any lingering doubts or conflict about the use of waterboarding, Bush discloses that he received reassurance from an unlikely source: terror suspect Abu Zubaydah. The former president writes, 'His understanding of Islam was that he had to resist interrogation only up to a certain […]
11/5/2010
In former President George W. Bush’s upcoming memoirs, “Though Bush confirms that he knew the use of waterboarding would one day become public, and acknowledges that it is ‘sensitive and controversial,’ he asserts that ‘the choice between security and values was real,’ and expresses firm confidence in his decision. ‘Had I not authorized waterboarding on […]
11/5/2010
In former President George W. Bush’s upcoming memoirs, he justified the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, writing: ” ‘CIA experts drew up a list of interrogation techniques. …At my direction, Department of Justice and CIA lawyers conducted a careful legal review. The enhanced interrogation program complied with the Constitution and all applicable laws, including those […]
11/4/2010
“According to the private SITE [Search for International Terrorist Entities] Intelligence Group, bin Laden has made 23 audio and one video tape since 2006. [Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman] Al-Zawahri has outpaced his superior, making 37 audio and 22 video recordings in the same period. In al-Zawahri’s latest audio recording, issued Nov. 4 [2010], he warned […]
11/3/2010
“In a memoir due out Tuesday [November 9, 2010], [former President George W.] Bush makes clear that he personally approved the use of that coercive technique [waterboarding] against alleged Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed, an admission the human rights experts say could one day have legal consequences for him. In his book, titled ‘Decision […]