Bush White House’s Repeated Torture Denials Led CIA Torturers to Seek Repeated Reassurances
Dan Froomkin
The Bush administration was so adamant in its public statements against torture that CIA officials repeatedly sought reassurances that the White House officials who had given them permission to torture in the first place hadn’t changed their minds. In a July 29, 2003, White House meeting that included Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security […]