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[Yellow Pages] Cheney has lobbied against the legislation, prompting Turner to say he's "embarrassed that the United State has a vice president for torture. I think it is just reprehensible." Turner, a retired Navy admiral who headed the intelligence agency from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter, stood firm on his earlier remarks Friday and, in a CNN interview, scoffed at assertions that challenging the administration's strategy aided the terrorists' propaganda efforts.
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[Wilson's Blogmanac] Ex-CIA boss: Cheney is 'vice president for torture': "Former CIA chief Stansfield Turner lashed out at Dick Cheney on Thursday, calling him a "vice president for torture" that is out of touch with the American people."
[Terrorism News] Cheney 'vice president for torture': Admiral Stansfield Turner, who was in charge of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the 1970s, said Dick Cheney was overseeing torture policies of possible terrorist suspects and was damaging America's reputation by doing so.
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[The Online Magazine Formerly Known As Rob's Blog] The Vice President of Torture: "It's the vice president who is out there advocating torture. He's the one who has made himself the vice president in favor of torture," said Turner, who from 1972 to 1974 was president of the Naval War College, a think tank for strategic and national security policy.
[The Unknown Candidate] Cheney: 'Vice President for Torture': PHOTO: US Vice President Dick Cheney, pictured October 2005. Cheney heightened the White House campaign against Democrats calling their accusations that the administration misled the country into the Iraq war 'reprehensible' and 'pernicious'.
[Big Lizards:Blog:Main] Denny Hastert Finds a Spine: MoveOn, Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, our old friend Stansfield Turner (who calls Dick Cheney "vice president for torture"), Ramsey Clarke, Noam Chomsky and the like are always overjoyed when they can make America lose a war; and the fact that we would then assuredly be attacked over and over again by terrorists would just be icing on the cake, since they believe we could only respond then by becoming more socialist, more appeasing, weaker...
[Leaping Real Eyes] AMERIKKKAN ZOMBIE CHEEZY CHENEY DESTROYS AMERICA: Admiral Stansfield Turner, a former CIA director, accused US Vice President Dick Cheney of overseeing policies of torturing terrorist suspects and damaging the nation's reputation, in a television interview.
[The WB42 5:30 Report With Doug Krile] Show Blogs for November 18: The NY Times has an article about how Bush's trip to Asia has been all about Iraq -- much to the surprise and chagrin of his hosts. What has is very clear from that article is that for the Bush team, Iraq is all about the messages, speeches and smears of their opponents.
[BillHobbs.com - Grassroots journalism from Nashville.] Torturing the VP: "Torture" has become a fuzzy word (almost as fuzzy as "is"), which does little to help real information gathering by those sworn to protect us. Saddam Hussein used torture - pulling fingernails, strategic cutting, strategic burning, and strategic battery terminal placement were hallmarks of his regime.
[Susiemadrak.com] Suburban Guerrilla: anyway), and as Fitzgerald took pains to outline in the Libby indictment, Cheney knew quite well that Plame worked in counterproliferation which meant her status was covert.
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[Smh.com.au] Cheney oversaw torture: former CIA director - World - smh.com.au: Admiral Stansfield Turner, a former CIA director, accused US Vice President Dick Cheney of overseeing .He (Cheney) advocates torture, what else is it?
[Independentreport.org] Independent Report: an independent political blog: But Bush and his aides had access to much more voluminous intelligence information than did lawmakers, who were dependent on the administration to provide the material. And the commissions cited by officials, though concluding that the administration did not pressure intelligence analysts to change their conclusions, were not authorized to determine whether the administration exaggerated or distorted those conclusions.
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