Helen Thomas: Bush Admits He Approved Torture

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri May 2, 2008 7:55 AM EDT

Article Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

politics, bush, war, terrorism, republican, gop, human-rights, torture, terror, rights, helen-thomas

The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture.

Whether Bush was believed or not is another story -- especially in light of the photographic evidence of the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. It's understood that many of the photos are too sadistically graphic to be made public.

Still, the official U.S. denials of torture continued until earlier this month when Bush acknowledged in an interview with ABC-TV that he knew about and approved "enhanced interrogation" of detainees, including "waterboarding" or simulated drowning.

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Thomas' editorial on this topic comes on the heals of her grilling of White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and the subsequent shipment of flowers (covered by this column) from the online community Reddit.

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#1 - Fri May 2, 2008 8:07 AM EDT

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Lovely - about time the boy found some truthiness. Now the question becomes how the weather is in The Hague around this time of year. Something tells me that Bush had better not try a lot of international diplomacy after he leaves office. Maybe follow the Gerald Ford model and golf? Stick around the ranch in Crawford? Hmmm.

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#2 - Fri May 2, 2008 10:05 PM EDT

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