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The Dark Side of America's War on Terror
Lawyers, military figures and Bush Administration insiders believed that so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques really were torture. But Vice President Cheney insisted they were the only way to head off another September 11, despite warnings about prosecution for war crimes.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLawyers, military figures and Bush Administration insiders believed that so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques really were torture. But Vice President Cheney insisted they were the only way to head off another September 11, despite warnings about prosecution for war crimes. A new book, The Dark Side, also reports that dissenters lost their jobs, even as "enhanced" interrogation produced false information that derailed the war on terror. Will there be a call to accountability?
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The full episode
2 of 3What's Really Happened in the War on Terror?- 1:30Inflation Surges, Adding to Economic Woes
- 7:15The Dark Side of America's War on TerrorYou’re reading this
- 42:52Deleterious Effects of Lines outside IndyMac