The Facts About Secret Detentions, and the President's Version
by TChris
Three presidential claims, three probable lies. It was just another day at the Bush White House.
In defending the Central Intelligence Agency's secret network of prisons on Wednesday, President Bush said the detention system had used lawful interrogation techniques, was fully described to select members of Congress and led directly to the capture of a string of terrorists over the past four years. A review of public documents and interviews with American officials raises questions about Mr. Bush's claims on all three fronts.
TalkLeft wrote about torture in the secret prisons here and here. As to briefing Congress:
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