Apr 30th, 2009 - FOXNews
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As he marked his 100th day in office at a prime time news conference Wednesday, President Obama defended his decision to ban "enhanced" interrogation techniques by conceding an argument to the most prominent defender of them, former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Obama acknowledged that the use of interrogation methods probably yielded valuable information that saved American lives -- a point that Cheney has repeatedly hammered in his quest to have more intelligence reports released.
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Controversy over the recently released torture memos is escalating as new information indicates that the Central Intelligence Agency may have used harsh interrogation techniques for seven years without officially evaluating their efficacy.
Lincoln Mitchell: Obama's Dilemma-Torture, Accountability and Partisanship
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Pelosi Stirs Questions With Denial She Was Briefed About Waterboarding
Apr 24th, 2009 - FOXNews
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she was never told during a congressional briefing in 2002 that waterboarding or other "enhanced" interrogation techniques were being used on terrorism suspects.
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2:45Dirty Harry's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques - Was it Torture? Or just good Police Work?
Clint Eastwood's style of getting information from a suspect was very effective in my opinion. Yes it may have gone against some of our laws, and quite possibly even our constitution, but they were effective nonetheless. When the life of a fourteen year old girl is a stake ...
10:13Dick Cheney Defends Bush Enhanced Interrogation Techniques - Obama reserves Torture Powers
While Obama is trying to shutdown Guantanamo Bay, or Gitmo as it is sometimes referred to, he is at the same time trying to have it both ways on the use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques . He wants to reserve his right to use enhanced interrogation techniques in the future ...
0:25Headzup: Enhanced Interrogation
President Bush is asked about the term "enhanced interrogation", which is the term the Nazis used for "torture" in WWII. Read more about Prescott Bush here-- www.guardian.co.uk Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at www.headzup.tv
3:45Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
After seeing McCain's comment, I was shocked that nobody had made this video. So I did. A parody, of course. Sometimes it feels as if our politicians really are taking their moves directly from Monty Python's playbook. Comments? chris@ambler.net
