Yesterday, on Meet the Press, this exchange took place between Chuck
Todd and Dick Cheney regarding the U.S. torture program and how it was
used on innocent prisoners:

CHUCK TODD: Let me go to Gul Rahman. He was chained to the wall of
his cell, doused with water, froze to death in C.I.A. custody. And it
turned out it was a case of mistaken identity.

DICK CHENEY: --right. But the problem I had is with the folks that
we did release that end up back on the battlefield. [...] I'm more
concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few
that, in fact, were innocent.

CHUCK TODD: 25% of the detainees though, 25% turned out to be
innocent. They were released.

DICK CHENEY: Where are you going to draw the line, Chuck? How are--
[...]

CHUCK TODD: Is that too high? You're okay with that margin for error?

DICK CHENEY: I have no problem as long as we achieve our objective.

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I'd love to hear Cheney repeat those words and other comments he's made
recently about torture while in the dock at the Hague.




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Let’s elect a gay black woman with a latino lover president,
if only for the possibility of provoking a right-wing mass suicide.