bu$h*: 'The information we got saved lives'...junior* signs on to cheney torture tour

[spanone]

BENTON HARBOR, Michigan (CNN) – Former President George W. Bush on Thursday repeated Dick Cheney's assertion that their enhanced interrogation program was legal and garnered valuable information that prevented future terrorist attacks.

In his largest domestic speech since leaving the White House in January, Bush told an audience in southwestern Michigan that after the September 11 attacks, "I vowed to take whatever steps that were necessary to protect you."

Although he did not specifically allude to the high-profile debate over President Obama's decision to halt the use harsh interrogation techniques, and without referencing Cheney by name, Bush spoke in broad strokes about how he proceeded after the capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in March 2003.

"The first thing you do is ask, what's legal?" he said. "What do the lawyers say is possible? I made the decision, within the law, to get information so I can say to myself, 'I've done what it takes to do my duty to protect the American people.' I can tell you that the information we got saved lives."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/28/bush-the-information-we-got-saved-lives/

[Webster Green]

1. His duty was to uphold the constitution. He failed miserably.

He didn't keep us safe either. 911 is his legacy. he is a fucking idiot!

[spanone]

6. amen, repeat it over & over....911 happened on bu$h*/cheney watch

[ThirdWorldJohn]

2. So why did he stop it in 2004? So why didn't he use it on Sadam? n/t

[kentuck]

3. Also, he said...

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He strongly defended his Troubled Asset Relief Program as crucial to preventing capital markets from freezing up, which he said would have led to another Great Depression. He noted that he remains "a free market guy."

[global1]

4. So Who Pays People Like Bush, Cheney & Rove To Talk?.......

why would anyone pay money to have any of these guys speech-a-fy to them?

[madeline_con]

5. The former president was speaking to nearly 2,500 members the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan