Gonzales: I Was 'Aware' Of Waterboarding

[sabra]

Source: TPM

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told TPM in an exclusive interview that he was aware of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used against suspected terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

He wouldn't say, however, whether he remembered when George W. Bush approved KSM's waterboarding. Bush recalled in his book that he told the CIA "Damn right" when asked whether to waterboard the man accused of planning Sept. 11.

"What I can say is that, yes I was aware of the techniques, I did have knowledge, and I know that a number of lawyers worked to look to see whether it could be administered in a way that was consistent with the anti-torture statute and guidance was given by the Department of Justice while I was in the White House about how these techniques could be implemented to gather important information, in a dangerous period for our nation, to gather information from the enemy that would be in America's favor," Gonzales told me.

I asked if Gonzales remembered when Bush told the CIA that they could waterboard KSM.

"Yeah, I'm not going to comment on that, I'm going to save that for the book," Gonzales said.

Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/gonzales_i_was_aware_of_waterboarding.php

[ixion]

1. Then please get on the Bus to the Hague along with the other war criminals

thanks...

[saigon68]

25. Nothing will happen to this War Criminal

how ever will have our genitals groped by low functioning mental nazis

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. OMIGOD.

We knew it, but now they're publishing the details as if they knew they would never be held accountable.

[harun]

5. Bush and Gonzalez are not only speaking as if they know they will

never be held accountable, but they are joking about it and using it to make a profit. They both are using it to sell more books.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Will history see this as Obama's failure?

Who started the WaterGate investigation?

[mbperrin]

19. The FBI tied the burglars to the Committee to Re-elect the President

slush fund.

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Who gave them the free-reign to do that?

And why didn't they do it this time around?

[mbperrin]

22. When LBJ was President, he kicked their asses for not doing their

jobs on civil rights violations in the South. They got busy after that.

It seems to me that after Reagan, the FBI was tame again.

[laylah]

13. Nor will they be...

[Blue Owl]

3. That weird little man

I was trying to remember who it was that referred to Gonzales as a "weird little man" some 3-4 years ago...

[sakabatou]

4. Hague him

[herbm]

6. He's saving it for his own book, or maybe HIS lawyer said, "Clam up!"

[louis-t]

8. Gonzales told him it was legal.

After bush asked him to find an excuse to make it legal. Once again, Berto can't recall.

[Kaleko]

9. Lies within lies and more lies.

Everyone with half a brain cell left intact knows that this "dangerous period for our nation" was deliberately created by these guys.

[on point]

10. Admission of guilt and complicity in crimes against humanity

Prosecution is a slam dunk against these miscreants. Except that the Dinosores don't have the backbone to do what is morally, legally right. Not to mention in the best interests of the United States. Nor the repukes who apparently don't understand the concepts and principles involved in something like the Constitution and the rule of law despite their continually mouthing the words.

[bluesmail]

11. Pleading his case before getting hauled into court?

Dream on?

[defendandprotect]

12. kr

[damntexdem]

14. I just don't believe it -- that Gonzalez was "aware" of anything.

I don't think he'd have been aware of water boarding even if he were undergoing it.

;-)

[Kali]

15. ugh

that weasel's voice is almost as irritating as failin's


sorry to rag on a physical attribute, but I just can't help it


he needs to be arrested, tried, convicted, and imprisoned

[fascisthunter]

16. and No One will Do Anything about it

as if it was all planned.

[Taverner]

17. Dayum - HE just jumped off the radar, didn't he?

[grahamhgreen]

18. and then went, BWAA-HA-HA!!!!

[UpInArms]

21. gonzales is a piece of shit - 1000 times over

i hope he rots in jail

[Judi Lynn]

23. Is Alberto "aware" how sleazy he and his boss look to the entire world?

http://bostonist.com.nyud.net:8090/attachments/boston_caroline/011608-igor-young-frankenstein.jpg http://www.holamun2.com.nyud.net:8090/files/images/attachments/2007/10/bush-gonz.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8090/_1dTMEfZXxzg/RffrkMhKGbI/AAAAAAAAAEs/ZypNJRrsNq4/s400/alberto_gonzales.jpg
They will NEVER get that stink out of the White House. Time won't heal the unforgiveable wounds they inflicted on their moral and spritual betters across the world after the Supreme Court assisted them in stealing the Presidency.

[Solly Mack]

24. Nothing like impunity.

K&R

[FlyByNight]

26. There will be no accountability over this

Ever. (Here in the US, at least.)

:mad: