{"id":1454,"date":"2008-03-08T16:04:38","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T23:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/2008\/03\/08\/bush-vetoes-for-torture\/"},"modified":"2009-03-16T12:01:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T19:01:23","slug":"bush-vetoes-for-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/bush-vetoes-for-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"bush vetoes for torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush today said he banned a bill that prevents the CIA from using a torture technique known as &#8216;waterboarding&#8217; because it has proven effective in extracting information that prevented attacks, and thus keeps &#8220;America safe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/POLITICS\/03\/08\/bush.torture.ap\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>the image below shows an American soldier during the Vietnam War assisting the waterboarding of a North Vietnamese POW:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/ph2006100500898-500px.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"waterboarding\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this detail shows his emotive state:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/ph2006100500898-500px-detail.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"waterboarding detail\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and a detail of President Bush&#8217;s face from Nov 2007 when he discussed terrorism and torture techniques to a crowd of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heritage Foundation<\/a> supporters:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/artbushafpdetail.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bush waterboarding\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterboarding\" target=\"_blank\">read more about waterboarding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush today said he banned a bill that prevents the CIA from using a torture technique known as &#8216;waterboarding&#8217; 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