Media in the US is worse than AWOL on this issue. I don't get it. I've never believed in mass-media conspiracies, but this has me wondering. Not only did the US do these things, but, yes, very senior staff personally reviewed and approved of it all, including the President and the Secretary of State, both of whom have specificly lied about it publicly and repeatedly since. AND the President has actually admitted that this is so! What's the deal??
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/thomas-chides-colleagues-torture/
During this afternoon's White House press briefing, reporter Helen Thomas noted that Bush .has admitted that he did sign off on torture. saying it damages 'the credibility of this country.' But press secretary Dana Perino denied that the United States has ever tortured detainees and referred to testimony from CIA Director Michael Hayden as evidence:
THOMAS: The president has said [...] we do not torture. Now he has admitted that he did sign off on torture, he did know about it. So how do you reconcile this credibility gap? [...]
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