Former VP Dick Cheney was interviewed on Fox News last night and said President Bush was “fully informed” about the CIA interrogation methods, contradicting the Senate report’s finding that Bush was first briefed in 2006.
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The Washington Post has some excellent coverage and graphics about the Senate torture report:
Hayden’s testimony vs. the Senate report
The 10 most harrowing excerpts from the CIA interrogation report
Pay special attention to #2. According to the report, President Bush wasn’t briefed about the enhanced interrogation program until 2006. Doesn’t mention Cheney, though.
The Washington Post has a slideshow of some of my print work leading up to and during the first couple of years of the Iraq War. Here’s a couple of them; you can see the full collection here.
In preparation for the Inaugural, I dug out my animation from Obama’s first in 2009. Why did I color him blue? Oh, now I remember; the thinking at that time in Washington was that the new administration would usher in a period of cool, Rat-pack type style. That didn’t last long (either the thinking or my blue Obama).
A Mitt Romney line during the debate last night gives me an opportunity to draw Dick Cheney again!
Dick Cheney watches the 3rd Obama Romney debate