Still think Colin Powell is a decent guy? Think again.
My emphasis.
The high-level discussions about these "enhanced interrogation techniques" were so detailed, these sources said, some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed -- down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic.
The advisers were members of the National Security Council's Principals Committee, a select group of senior officials who met frequently to advise President Bush on issues of national security policy.
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At the time, the Principals Committee included Vice President Cheney, former National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft.
My emphasis.
UPDATE: More from Athenae.
Of course they approved. Of course they knew. Did anyone sincerely believe otherwise? Did anyone sincerely believe they were kept in the dark? The CIA knows better. The CIA wasn't going down for this alone. Jesus Christ, of course they approved.
For years, they've been governing on the principle that the lies they tell are so gigantic, the crimes they commit so outrageous, that we're too utterly freaked to call them on it. For years, they've been governing like public opinion and the rule of law don't matter because honestly, who's there to convince them it does matter? Chris Dodd had to fucking threaten to filibuster his own party's bill to convince people the Constitution was still worth giving a fuck about, for fucking fuck's sake. Jesus tits, what on earth would make them scared? What have we ever done to make them think there'd be consequences to their actions?
And now? Now what?
Again, my emphasis.
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