Breaking on WaPo: Rice Reviewed & Approved Torture in 2002

[stopbush]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

[babsbunny]

1. I for one want her to burn!

Her and all her shoes!

[Windy]

2. Ah the hits just keep on coming.... nt

[stillcool]

3. Here's where she is mentioned in the report....

(U) Abu Zubaydah was captured by Pakistani and CIA forces on March 28, 2002.
According to former CIA Director George Tenet, once Zubaydah was in custody, the CIA "got
into holding and interrogating high-value detainees" (HVDs) "in a serious way."uo ThenNational
Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said that "in the spring of2002, CIA sought policy
approval from the National Security Council to begin an interrogation program for high-level alQaida
terrorists."lll Then-NSC Legal Advisor John Bellinger said that he asked CIA to have the
proposed program reviewed by the Department of Justice and that he asked CIA to seek advice
not only ~om DoJ's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) but also from the Criminal Division. 112 Ms.
Rice said that she asked Director ofCentral Intelligence George Tenet to briefNSC Principals on
the proposed CIA program and asked Attorney General Ashcroft "personally to review the legality ofthe proposed program. ll3 She said that all ofthe meetings she attended on the CIA's
interrogation program took place at the White House and that she understood thatDoJ's legal
advice "was being coordinated by Counsel to the President Alberto Gonzales.,,114

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U) NSC Legal Advisor John Bellinger said that, on several occasions, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General Bruce Swartz raised concerns with him about allegations of detainee abuse at
GTMO. Mr. Bellinger said that, in tum, he raised these concerns "on several occasions with
DoD officials and was told that the allegations were being investigated by the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service." Then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said that Mr.
Bellinger also advised her "on a regular basis regarding concerns and issues relating to DoD
detention policies and practices at Guantanamo." She said that as a result she convened a "series
ofmeetings ofNSC Principals in 2002 and 2003 to discuss various issues and concerns relating
to detainees in the custody ofthe Department of Defense."

[malaise]

4. The proverbial

[Canuckistanian]

5. She signed something?

Some physical evidence?

[tbyg52]

6. Please, let them all get what is coming to them. nt

[libnnc]

7. wow

I can't keep up :popcorn:

it's like something's released every hour on the hour...:popcorn:

[global1]

8. So Is This Why Zelikow Tried To Get Out In Front Of The WaPo Report......

on Rachel's show last night - he was out to run some interference for Rice?

[malaise]

10. Ding ding

We have a winner

[seemslikeadream]

13. ME TOO ME TOO

I'm just a slow typer

[malaise]

17. LOL

:rofl:

[seemslikeadream]

12. yes I didn't see your post before I posted the very same thing!

[wiggs]

15. exactly. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

16. THIS! n/t

[seemslikeadream]

9. hence the appearance of her BF Zelikow

Rice? Rice? No I don't think that name sounds familiar

[RufusTFirefly]

11. Six-month-old news?

From the Guardian, White House 'approved waterboarding of suspects', Oct. 16, 2008

... the CIA was worried at creating a paper trail showing the Bush administration authorising the practice and in 2003 the White House issued a brief memo authorising the agency's interrogation method. Tenet asked for additional authorisation, which came in mid-July.

An extraordinary testimony to Congress by Condoleezza Rice, then national security adviser, said she had been briefed by Tenet about waterboarding in 2002.

Guardian

Old news. It's been done to death. Let's look forward. Time to move on. :sarcasm:

[riderinthestorm]

14. We need to make life hell for these former Bush officials. Bybee needs to be impeached.

Rice removed at Stanford. Yoo removed at Berkeley etc. etc. They need to understand that there are consequences for their despicable collusion in perpetuating torture.

While these criminals may never see the inside of a jail cell because they are rich, powerful and connected (in fact, I'm pretty sure they'll all escape criminal justice), that doesn't mean they should enjoy the privileges of decent society. They need to be shunned - professionally and personally for their crimes.

[Oregone]

18. Can playing the piano well no longer be a pre-requisite for political advisors?

[nichomachus]

20. Actually, having listen to Condi play the piano is considered torture. She does not play well.

[spanone]

19. my god.....words fail me

[johnnydrama]

21. hmmmm

So let's piece this together.

Rice approves waterboarding
Ashcroft says waterboarding is illegal
Rice says torture is a crime.

Looks like somebody's in deep trouble.

[islandgirl808]

22. [insert haunting music]

:popcorn: