Cheney's Fondness for the Dark Side

In (Bush lawyer) John Yoo’s version of events, writes Jane Mayer in her book The Dark Side that “the impetus to break out of Geneva’s strictures…came from the CIA. Many at the Agency, however, saw this differently, suggesting it was Cheney and his lawyer, (David) Addington, who pushed the Agency to take the path toward torture.”

A few days after 9/11 Cheney observed the CIA had gone over “to the dark side,” but whether he starred in ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 5, 2009

the only way to prevent any repetition “is to hold him fully to account. Anything less would lend dangerous legitimacy to Cheney’s imperial project,” The Nation said. Americans need to know the truth about Cheney - and act on it.

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