I think the interrogations were in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the convention against torture that we ratified under President Reagan.
-Sen. John McCain
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Former VPOTUS Dick Cheney in an interview on Fox:
WALLACE: So even these cases where they went beyond the specific legal authorization, you're OK with it?
CHENEY: I am.
And just in case you're having a hard time grasping the significance of what he just admitted to, Andrew breaks it down for you:
The former vice-president of the United States is here backing torture techniques that even his own hack lawyers believed were illegal. He is basically saying that the law had no salience or relevance in his program of torturing prisoners. He is attacking the rule of law in its entirety. Let that sink in: we had a vice-president who had contempt for the rule of law.
Stunning.
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