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Originally Posted by theking
No...you did not hear President Bush admit to "ok'ing torture". What you heard was him stating that after legal consultation he agreed to allow certain enhanced interrogation methods...namely "water boarding".
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In his book, "Decision Points," Bush recalls his thought process after CIA director George Tenet asked for permission to waterboard alleged al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in early 2003. Bush's response: "Damn right."
In his interview on NBC
LAUER: Why is waterboarding legal, in your opinion?
BUSH: Because the lawyer said it was legal.
He waterboarded the dude ~150 to 200 times to try and get him to admit he was in leaque with Sadam, which of course he wasn't.