TORTURE REPORT

MINKOVSKI Suddenly we ve ░░░░░░░░ hearing so much from ░░░░░░░░ former Bush administration officials ░░░░░░░░ I just want to ░░░░░░░░ a clip what we ░░░░░░░░ from former Vice President ░░░░░░░░ Cheney who s long ░░░░░░░░ supportive of everything that ░░░░░░░░ done under that administration ░░░░░░░░ said Yes we waterboarded ░░░░░░░░ I m OK with ░░░░░░░░ He also called this ░░░░░░░░ crap this was the ░░░░░░░░ summary of it even ░░░░░░░░ he didn t read ░░░░░░░░ and then he said ░░░░░░░░ following clip starts CHENEY ░░░░░░░░ worked It worked now ░░░░░░░░ 13 years We ve ░░░░░░░░ another mass casualty attack ░░░░░░░░ the United States We ░░░░░░░░ capture bin Laden We ░░░░░░░░ capture an awful lot ░░░░░░░░ the senior guys of ░░░░░░░░ Qaeda who were responsible ░░░░░░░░ that attack on 9 ░░░░░░░░ I d do it ░░░░░░░░ in a minute clip ░░░░░░░░ MINKOVSKI Are you surprised ░░░░░░░░ him saying that GREENWALD ░░░░░░░░ not at all First ░░░░░░░░ all whether torture worked ░░░░░░░░ not is completely irrelevant ░░░░░░░░ the question and nobody ░░░░░░░░ be interested in that ░░░░░░░░ the idea that it ░░░░░░░░ is a reason or ░░░░░░░░ excuse to do it ░░░░░░░░ we ve officially lifted ░░░░░░░░ taboo on torture Everyone ░░░░░░░░ tortures claims they do ░░░░░░░░ for a good reason ░░░░░░░░ yet it s been ░░░░░░░░ under treaties and international ░░░░░░░░ including a treaty that ░░░░░░░░ Reagan signed and championed ░░░░░░░░ on the grounds that ░░░░░░░░ is never ever justifiable ░░░░░░░░ secondly the reason why ░░░░░░░░ Cheney is able to ░░░░░░░░ on Meet The Press ░░░░░░░░ of being where he ░░░░░░░░ be which is in ░░░░░░░░ dock at The Hague ░░░░░░░░ in a federal prison ░░░░░░░░ because President Obama and ░░░░░░░░ administration made the decision ░░░░░░░░ to prosecute any of ░░░░░░░░ people who implemented this ░░░░░░░░ regime despite the fact ░░░░░░░░ it was illegal and ░░░░░░░░ despite of the fact ░░░░░░░░ U S imprisons more ░░░░░░░░ our population than any ░░░░░░░░ country in the world ░░░░░░░░ when you send the ░░░░░░░░ as the Obama administration ░░░░░░░░ that torture is not ░░░░░░░░ crime that ought to ░░░░░░░░ punished it s just ░░░░░░░░ policy dispute that you ░░░░░░░░ about on Sunday shows ░░░░░░░░ course it emboldens torturers ░░░░░░░░ Dick Cheney to go ░░░░░░░░ and say What I ░░░░░░░░ was absolutely right I ░░░░░░░░ no idea how people ░░░░░░░░ that given that we ░░░░░░░░ t punish anybody for ░░░░░░░░ and given that large ░░░░░░░░ of the population now ░░░░░░░░ in the virtue of ░░░░░░░░ anyone thinks it will ░░░░░░░░ happen again Of course ░░░░░░░░ will happen again and ░░░░░░░░ big part of why ░░░░░░░░ because we decided to ░░░░░░░░ torturers instead of prosecuting ░░░░░░░░