M. Chossudovsky: "the report is full of crap"

Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, December 12, 2014

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The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released its report on the CIA’s “Detention and Interrogation Program” . The complete document consists of a 6000 page report, which remains classified.

The committee has released a 525-page unclassified summary version for public distribution as well as the executive summary of the full 6000 page report.

We bring to the attention of our readers the 525 page version (pdf download) as well as the executive summary of the Select Committee on Intelligence 6000 page report.

Below are screen shots of the title page, the Table of Contents and a sample of a “heavily redacted” page.

Scroll down for an interview with Dick Cheney, who says the “Report is Full of Crap.” But he also says almost verbatim: “We Did it”.

He accepts responsibility for the torture program on behalf of George W. Bush.

His statements can be used against him in a court of law. He invokes 9/11.

“we asked the agency to go take steps and put in place programs that are designed to catch the bastards that killed 3,000 of us on 9/11 and to make sure it didn’t happen again.”

We also have to work sort of the dark side if you will, we have got to spend time in the shadows in the intelligence world. It’s going to be vital for us to use any means that are disposable — at our disposal basically to achieve our objective.

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BAIER: The end?

You have a lot of critics, some of them say that you should be behind bars.

Colonel Wilkerson who worked for Secretary Powell, said we all have to wear the taint Richard Bruce Cheney brought down on us with his full- throated endorsement of inhuman and evil methods of causing pain, humiliation and harm to other human beings.It’s wrong that there’s no consequences for those who perpetrated it and it’s wrong that Cheney isn’t languishing in a privatized prison somewhere.

CHENEY But remember, the terrorists were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment you would accord to those. Nonetheless, the people we captured, especially the folks that went down to Guantanamo have been treated very well.

9/11 is Cheney’s blanket justification for extensive crimes against humanity.

Amply documented, a large number of the detainees were innocent civilians.

In this interview Cheney provides statements which confirm the criminal nature of the Bush-Cheney administration.

“The report is full of crap.”

“I have no sympathy for them [the detainees].”

“How nice do you want to be to the murderers of 3,000 Americans on 9/11?”

“I’d do it again in a minute.”

The CIA did “a hell of a job and they deserve our gratitude.”

The end “absolutely” justified the means.

We also have to work sort of the dark side if you will, we have got to spend time in the shadows in the intelligence world. It’s going to be vital for us to use any means that are disposable — at our disposal basically to achieve our objective.

Mr. Cheney, Please tell us Who was behind 9/11?

Miranda Warning. Does it apply to Dick Cheney’s Statements on Network TV?

“Anything you say [e.g. on Fox News] can and will be used against you in a court of law.”

Michel Chossudovsky, December 12, 2014