{"id":423995,"date":"2010-03-12T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=24616"},"modified":"2010-03-12T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:50:00","slug":"karl-rove-says-he%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98proud%e2%80%99-u-s-waterboarded-suspected-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/423995","title":{"rendered":"Karl Rove Says He\u2019s \u2018Proud\u2019 U.S. Waterboarded Suspected Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evil and proud of it \u2013 as reported by the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A senior adviser to former US<\/a> President George W Bush has defended tough interrogation techniques, saying their use helped prevent terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

In a BBC interview, Karl Rove, who was known as \u201cBush\u2019s brain\u201d, said he \u201cwas proud we used techniques that broke the will of these terrorists\u201d. He said waterboarding, which simulates drowning, should not be considered torture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In 2009, President Barack Obama<\/a> banned waterboarding as a form of torture<\/a>. But the practice was sanctioned in written memos by Bush administration lawyers in August 2002, providing legal cover for its use. In 2008, CIA<\/a> head Michael Hayden told Congress<\/a> it had only been used on three high-profile al-Qaeda detainees, and not for the past five years.<\/p>\n

One of those was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a key suspect in the 9\/11<\/a> attacks. Mr Rove said US<\/a> soldiers were subjected to waterboarding as a regular part of their training. A less severe form of the technique was used on the three suspects interrogated at the US<\/a> military<\/a> prison at Guantanamo Bay, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud that we used techniques that broke the will of these terrorists and gave us<\/a> valuable information that allowed us<\/a> to foil plots such as flying aeroplanes into Heathrow and into London, bringing down aircraft over the Pacific, flying an aeroplane into the tallest building in Los Angeles and other plots,\u201d Mr Rove told the BBC\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[continues at the BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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