Bush admits the CIA runs secret prisons
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -
President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that the
CIA runs secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies.
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Bush said 14 suspects — including the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and architects of the 2000 bombing of the
USS Cole and the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania — had been turned over to the Defense Department and moved to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for trial.
"This program has been, and remains, one of the most vital tools in our war against the terrorists," Bush said
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Was anyone really surprised to hear this? The 9/11 Anniversary is coming up so you knew it was time to drum up some drama. I'm suprrised there hasn't been another "terror watch" in the last week or so. Would anyone really be surprised if there just happens to be one in the next week.....and then one again close to the mid-term elections?
Watch this brilliant Olbermann piece from a few weeks ago if you didn't catch one of my earlier posts.
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