Powell aide: Torture 'guidance' from VP

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A former top State Department official (Retired U.S. Army Col. Larry Wilkerson) said...Vice President Dick Cheney provided the "philosophical guidance" and "flexibility" that led to the torture of detainees in U.S. facilities.

At another point in the interview, Wilkerson said "the vice president had to cover this in order for it to happen and in order for Secretary Rumsfeld to feel as though he had freedom of action."

...President Bush defended U.S. treatment of prisoners, saying flatly, "We do not torture."

Cheney has lobbied against a measure in Congress that would outlaw "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" of prisoners

...Rumsfeld and military officials, have denied that instances of torture were ever officially condoned.

But Wilkerson argued last month in a speech that Cheney and Rumsfeld formed a cabal that "made decisions that the bureaucracy did not know were being made."

CNN.com Sunday, November 20, 2005; Posted: 5:18 p.m. EST (22:18 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/20/torture/

Worst administration ever!

[NanceGreggs]

1. And, according to them and their supporters ...

... they are GOOD CHRISTIANS all.

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2. AUDIO (Mp3) of the interview

Wilkerson

[RedOnce]

3. Thanks for posting the audio.