Ethics

Cheney's Breathtaking Reaction to Holder Terror Probe

By Ed Brayton

The statement made by Dick Cheney in response to the release of documents about the torture of detainees and Holder's announcement of a "preliminary review" of detainee abuse during the Bush administration is a case study in dishonesty, depravity and how to make irony meters explode from thousands of miles away. The dishonesty begins with the very first sentence:

The documents released Monday clearly demonstrate that the individuals subjected to Enhanced Interrogation Techniques provided the bulk of intelligence we gained about al Qaeda.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).