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Cheney Comment Prompts Bush Denial on Torture

J.J. Jackson* | October 29, 2006 

WASHINGTON (Oct. 28) - President George W. Bush said Friday the United States does not torture prisoners, commenting after Vice President Dick Cheney embraced the suggestion that a dunk in water might be useful to get terrorist suspects to talk.

Human rights groups complained that Cheney’s words amounted to an endorsement of a torture technique known as “water boarding,” in which the victim, held underwater for an extended period, believes he is about to drown. The White House insisted Cheney was not talking about water boarding but would not explain what he meant.

Less than two weeks before Nov. 7 congressional elections that Bush’s Republican party could lose, the White House was put on the defensive as news of Cheney’s remark spread. Bush was asked about it at a White House photo opportunity with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Presidential spokesman Tony Snow was pelted with questions at two briefings with reporters.

Democrats also pointed to Cheney’s statement.

“Is the White House that was for torture before it was against it, now for torture again?” tweaked Sen. John Kerry. Kerry, in his unsuccessful campaign for the presidency in 2004, had been skewered by Bush for saying he had voted for war funds before he voted against them.

Cheney triggered the flap in a radio interview Tuesday. The interviewer, Scott Hennen, said callers had told him, “Please, let the vice president know that if it takes dunking a terrorist in water, we’re all for it, if it saves lives.”

“Would you agree a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?” Hennen asked.

Once again the democrats are more concerned about everyone else to Hell with American’s

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Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America (Book) Authors:Brigitte Gabriel Manufacturer:St. Martin’s Press Released:05 September, 2006

Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security (Book) Authors:Robert Patterson Manufacturer:Regnery Publishing, Inc. Released:25 July, 2004

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