Bush on 2007 Red Cross Torture Report: Haven’t Seen It, We Don’t Torture’
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/08/09/15364/bush-on-torture-report-havent-seen-it-we-dont-torture/
Bush On Torture Report: Havent Seen It, We Dont Torture
BY MATT CORLEY POSTED ON AUGUST 9, 2007 AT 1:21 PM UPDATED: AUGUST 9, 2007 AT 2:22 PM
During President Bushs press conference this morning, The Washington Posts Peter Baker asked him if he had read a highly confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross that has found an interrogation program in CIA detention facilities, (that) used interrogation techniques that were tantamount to torture. Details of the Red Cross report were revealed recently by the New Yorker.
Havent seen it; we dont torture, Bush bluntly responded before moving on to another question. Watch it:
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http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/HaventSeenDontTorture.320.240.flv
Bushs ignorant denial of torture is hardly convincing, considering he is apparently unaware of the allegations coming from the Red Cross, which is known for its credibility and caution. The report alleges that American officials responsible for the abusive treatment at CIA black sites may have committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions: