Earlier this week as the White House and Congress agreed to release CIA documents regarding Torture techniques used in Iraq on Prisoners of War during the Bush Administration's reign, new revelations have surfaced which places a significant amount of the blame on former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.
Senate documents some more than 126 pages long, reveal that in July 2002 Condi who was at the time our country's National Security Advisor, authorized CIA Intelligence officials and the U.S. Military to execute severe methods of Interrogation techniques for the purpose of obtaining information about Al-Qaeda Terrorist groups.
According to those Congressional documents, Condi gave the "OK" to former CIA Director George Tenent from former President George W. Bush for the use of Torture, not excluding "Waterboarding", during Interrogations. Such acts violated the Geneva Conventions Treaty which prohibits such use, even on Prisoners of War.
These latest reports are in contrast to what Dr. Rice stated during her testimony to Congressional members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
When previously questioned by Armed Services Committee members about her role in the execution of Torture techniques used by CIA Intelligence and U.S. Military personnel, Rice's explanation was that she only sat in on discussions regarding the use of Torture.
So it looks as if Condi is taking the fall for "Dubya" on this issue.
If Condi did in fact lie for former President Bush about such a critical issue the sixty billion question is why? Why would she risk ruining her excellent reputation to protect this man?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
In the meantime I wonder if he's going to step up and come to her defense.
Hmmmmm
Stay tuned.
Kieth Olbermann and MSNBC proved that Condi Rice lied when she said the Bush administration did all it could to stop Osama bin Laden's terrorist plots prior to 9/11.
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