Posted on 04/16/2009 11:12:31 AM PDT by meandog
Richard Armitage, who served as chief deputy to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, says now that he would have resigned if he had known that the CIA was interrogating suspected terrorists with "water-boarding,'' that simulated drowning now banned in U.S. interrogations of detainees
The Bush administration maintained that it did not condone "torture,'' but this ex-deputy secretary of state says water-boarding is exactly that.
"As far as I'm concerned, that was torture,'' he said in an interview aired today by Al Jazeerah English.
The CIA has acknowledged using water-boarding on three high-value detainees in 2002 and 2003 with the permission of the both the White House and the Justice Department.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was involved in some of the meetings of the highest-level officials of the administration in which interrogation tactics were discussed, has refrained from calling any of it torture. Powell has told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, "There was no meeting on torture.''
Armitage, who worked closely with Powell, maintains that he was unaware of any of the water-boarding at the time. He and Powell were arguing that the Geneva Conventions should be followed in the interrogation of so-called "enemy combatants.''
He hopes that, "had I known about it at the time I was serving, I would've had the courage to resign,'' he said. "But I don't know. It's in hindsight now.''
(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...
pulling out fingernails... torture
making somoene VERY uncomfortable... not torture
Hey Dick,
Are you posturing for a position within Zero’s adminstration or are you pitching for a book deal?
Worthless traitor.
And he outed a CIA agent. Which is worse, outing a “deep-cover” agent or keeping America safe by asking a few questions to terrorist scum?
Geez...what an absolute Dhimmi. Armitage, who do you suck up to more, MaoBama or Islam?
Armitage is an acknowledged liar and cheat; a man without honor, interested only in self-aggrandizement and money. Putz.
Video: Steve Harrigan gets waterboarded on Fox
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/04/video-steve-harrigan-gets-waterboarded-on-fox/
Uncle Fester behind the Valerie Plame debacle “would have resigned”? He must be looking for a job with Obambi.
He thinks this will prevent being indicted by the Europeans and/or some ginned up world court.
Look for him to testify against W, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and others, just as soon as President Zero and his helpers figure out a way to maneuver it so that their fingerprints are not seen in it.
Jack
Isn’t Armitage the scumbag that is responsible for the Joe Wlson/Valerie Plame dustup?
Listening to holier-than-thou ex officials pad their own legacies by attacking others ... torture.
Treason. Aid and comfort to the enemy. Nothing but.
What is any of the upside of this for America?
Exactly!
What alternative universe do these people live in? I guess Armitage thinks if he bashes Bush he could become popular again. (Like Scotty Mc)
Yep...that pussy outed Plame and let Libby take the fall
Sawing off a person’s head with a dull sword = torture.
Listening to loud rock music incessantly = not torture (to teens and gen-xers)
“where did Bush get all these people and why wasn’t he a more effective manager? “
Armitrage, of the Plame leak, and Powell were particularly disloyal when Iraq became difficult and their reps were on the line.
W certainly suffered from inside Washington operator sabotage.
He was a Powell hire. How can you turn this around to attack Bush? Weird.
Of course it’s torture - and I’m damned glad they did it.
Anyone who “thinks” that pouring water over someone’s face is "torture" was NEVER dunked in a pool, lake, stream and/or ocean in their life!
It is PSYCHOLOGICAL, folks! NO physical harm is done!
And "if" waterboarding for a few seconds can save lives, which it has, then I say WATERBOARD ever muzzie terrorist we capture!
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Semper Fi,
Kelly
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