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June 3, 2009

Report: Cheney Oversaw Torture Briefings
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The Washington Post is reporting former Vice President Dick Cheney
personally oversaw at least four briefings with senior lawmakers on the
Bush administration’s torture program in 2005. The CIA has previously
failed to disclose Cheney’s role in the meetings, saying information on
who oversaw them was unavailable. The briefings came as part of the Bush
administration’s aggressive effort to convince Congress members to back
the torture techniques used on foreign prisoners. In an interview,
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said, “Cheney’s]
office was ground zero. It was his office you dealt with at the end of
the day.”



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