Feingold says Cheney is wrong: ‘Nothing I have seen’ in the CIA memos proves torture was necessary

[babylonsister]

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Feingold says Cheney is wrong: ‘Nothing I have seen’ in the CIA memos proves torture was necessary.

During his weeks-long media tour defending torture, Vice President Dick Cheney has repeatedly pointed to two CIA memos that he says “showed the success of the effort.” During a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing today, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) declared that nothing in those memos suggests that torture was the most effective way to gain information:

Nothing I have seen — including the two documents to which former Vice President Cheney has repeatedly referred — indicates that the torture techniques authorized by the last administration were necessary, or that they were the best way to get information out of detainees. The former vice president is misleading the American people when he says otherwise.

Go to link to read ThinkProgress’s extensive report on why Bush’s “enhanced interrogation” program failed.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/13/feingold-cheney-torture/

[rainy]

1. I remember him at the time saying that he objected and although

he was barred from talking about it he had sent a letter stating his objections.

[wi_woodbutcher]

2. Proud To Be From Wisconsin........

...and to have Senator Feingold representing me. He's been a calm, intelligent voice of reason the past few years. I actually thought he was gearing up for a presidential run a few years ago.

[wi_woodbutcher]

3. BTW.....

Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. Love this site. It got me through the election.

[DerekJ]

6. Welcome to DU. :) N/T

[peace13]

11. Welcome to DU!

Lucky you to have this man represent your state!

[newmac]

4. Wow; well said...

At their heart; Rethuglicans can be juvenile; vindictive; insecure; and petty. They live on fear and hatred. Cheney's actions can probably be traced psychologically; to his having to prove to his peers that he has a pair. This is not rocket science.

http://sciencedem.blogspot.com

[DerekJ]

5. Only 1 Rec?!! Get on it DU!!

[spiritual_gunfighter]

7. K&R the hell out of this

Here is the evidence refuting the claims of Dick Cheney. His whole media tour is based on these memos and here is Feingold saying there is no evidence that torture worked in the way Dick says it did, and now he has his stupid daughter doing the same thing.

[Piewhacket]

8. Necessity? Necessity requires that we try the MFs and hang em.

(the law sez we have to try em before we hang em. :argh:)

[Piewhacket]

9. That's five.

[pberq]

10. Kick and nominated

[pleah]

12. K&R

[Kaleko]

13. K & R

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