Senate report: Rice, Cheney OK'd CIA use of waterboarding

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top Bush administration officials gave the CIA approval to use waterboarding, a controversial interrogation technique, as early as 2002, a Senate intelligence report shows.

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The techniques again gained the endorsement of the Bush administration in spring 2003 when the CIA asked for a "reaffirmation of the policies and practices in the interrogation program."

In a meeting that included Vice President Dick Cheney, CIA Director George Tenet, Ashcroft, Rice and their legal counsels, "the principals reaffirmed that the CIA program was lawful and reflected administration policy," the report said.

President Obama has called waterboarding -- which simulates drowning -- torture and last week released a series of Bush-era memos on interrogation tactics.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/cheney.rice.waterboarding/">More at link.

... rather than just sweeping it under the rug.

I feel this could be the big sh1tstorm hitting... finally.

Thanks!

Ashcroft who spent $8k to cover up a nude statue has no problem with torturing. Glad to see MSM finally giving this attention.