White House denies Cheney OK'd torture

[w8liftinglady]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_water_boarding_2

The White House said Friday that Vice President Dick Cheney was not talking about a torture technique known as "water boarding" when he said dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a "no-brainer."
Peppered with questions about the remarks, Snow said Cheney did not interpret the question as referring to water boarding and the vice president did not make any comments about water boarding. He said the question put to Cheney was loosely worded.

The administration has repeatedly refused to say which techniques they believe are permitted under the new law. Asked to define a dunk in water, Snow said, "It's a dunk in the water."

[Kagemusha]

1. It's a no-brainer he meant waterboarding.

Because why would you dunk terrorism suspects in water just to wet their face a bit? No, you waterboard so you inflict horror without actually risking losing your man by drowning him for real. Of course Cheney knows all about this in minute detail - it's important to him. It just serves Snow's purposes to act like Cheney's belittling of water-boarding was correctly describing something no logical human being can see as part of harsh interrogation methods.

[truebrit71]

2. Well what the fuck else did he think they meant? Baptism?

Gimme a fucking break....No-one is THAT fucking stupid....

[SutaUvaca]

3. Un-freakin-believable!

Beats me why there isn't regular film footage of alleged journalists in the press corp falling out of their chairs howling with laughter when these kind of statements are tossed out.

We've never been stay the course???
He was referring to some other watery something or other???

I gotta go hurl a bit.