Saturday, July 12, 2008

bush lies and is a dick about it

New Book Contradicts Bush’s Claim That He Never Saw Secret Red Cross Report On Torture

In August 2007, investigative journalist Jane Mayer reported in the New Yorker that a highly confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross had found that interrogation methods used in CIA detention facilities were “tantamount to torture.” According to Mayer’s sources, the report warned that CIA “officials may have committed ‘grave breaches’ of the Geneva Conventions.”

After the article was published, President Bush was asked in a news conference if he “had read” the Red Cross report. “Haven’t seen it; we don’t torture,” Bush bluntly responded before moving on to another question.

(Think Progress)

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Man, wouldn't it be amazing if the media would actually follow up on these blunt, evasive lies?