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The information you all keep wiping from your brains

TB — 4/21/2009 6:29:26 AM (archived)

Here.

This is around the same time period as when the memos were written. Back then, Democratic intelligence leaders were cheering it on. They spent the next few years trying to dance away from it.

Incidentally, Yukio Asano got 15 years for one heck of a lot more than "waterboarding." Look it up.

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"Morning Skim: The Bush Torture Memos" - Bowser - 4/17/2009 5:09:06 PM
- Can't help but remember. "The United States doesn't torture." - Bowser - 4/19/2009 7:57:27 PM
  - Waterboarded the one guy 183 times. The other guy 83. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/20/2009 5:44:09 PM
    - Did they talk? (n/t) - ER - 4/20/2009 11:26:39 PM
      - A hx of waterboarding. "In 1947, the U.S. charged a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, with war crimes for waterboarding a U.S. civilian." - Bowser - 4/21/2009 4:19:00 AM
        
        "charged with war crimes for waterboarding." - Lindy - 4/21/2009 4:48:27 AM
        
        The information you all keep wiping from your brains - TB - 4/21/2009 6:29:26 AM
        
        Read the history of that meeting. It's grim. - Bowser - 4/21/2009 11:14:14 PM
        
        Not "meeting." Meetings. - TB - 4/21/2009 11:48:02 PM
        
        You are right. There were several, same ground rules, same deception. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/22/2009 4:10:06 AM
      - The longest lasted 3 times. - Bowser - 4/20/2009 11:56:03 PM
- Try FDR for legal precedent - E.P. - 4/17/2009 8:31:01 PM
- Obama is handling this very astutely. - ER - 4/17/2009 5:34:57 PM
  - It's a tough call on prosecuting Bush - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2009 5:34:43 AM
    - "Leaking the information works." - Lindy - 4/18/2009 2:22:20 PM
  - The memos - TB - 4/17/2009 6:19:15 PM
    - "...you would not deprive Zubaydah of sleep for more than eleven days at a time..." (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2009 7:03:25 PM
    - I guess that makes it all right. - ER - 4/17/2009 6:43:25 PM
    - More - TB - 4/17/2009 6:34:59 PM
      - Yoo and Gonzales - Lindy - 4/17/2009 10:46:31 PM
        
        Saving the World - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2009 11:14:27 AM
        
        re: Saving the World - Jody - 4/18/2009 3:16:43 PM
        
        "Gonzales and Yoo were fine choices" - Lindy - 4/18/2009 2:19:27 PM
        
        I'm sorry, but... - TB - 4/18/2009 1:08:16 AM
        
        re: I'm sorry, but... - Lindy - 4/18/2009 3:52:42 AM
        
        Yeah, and what about Reclus? (n/t) - ER - 4/18/2009 11:04:43 AM
        
        re: Yeah, and what about Reclus? - Lindy - 4/18/2009 2:04:57 PM
        
        No one is named "Reclus". - Bowser - 4/21/2009 12:03:51 AM
        
        I'm with Tom - alcaray - 4/18/2009 5:10:12 AM

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