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Cheney: ‘I was aware of’ waterboarding and ‘I supported it’

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.18.08 | 11:44 am

On ABC News Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged knowing about and approving of the torture technique known as waterboarding.
“I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency in effect…

Expect the first shot in the war on analog TV tonight at 6:30 p.m.

By Chris Steller | 12.17.08 | 7:45 am

When he launched the “war on terror,” President Bush got low marks for asking U.S. citizens not to sacrifice and instead to go shopping. Now as it nears its end, the Bush administration is revising that call to duty:…

Former CIA bin Laden unit chief says all the major prez candidates misrepresent the “war on terror”

By Steve Perry | 05.12.08 | 12:59 pm

Michael Scheuer, who headed up the CIA’s bin Laden desk under Bill Clinton and, for a time, George W. Bush — and has written three books on bin Laden and al Qaeda — appeared on Fox the other day to…

The War of Words

By Abdi Aynte | 08.18.07 | 1:22 am

Aynte MugshotOnly days after he was ushered in as Britain’s new prime Minister, Gordon Brown embarked on a fresh battle in the war of words against terrorists, instructing his cabinet to drop the use of such terms as…