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Cheney, aides signed off on waterboarding, other tactics.(Front)
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The Virginian Pilot
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April 11, 2008
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Byline: LARA JAKES JORDAN
By Lara Jakes Jordan and Pamela Hess
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Bush administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down signed off on using interrogation techniques including waterboarding against terrorism suspects after asking the Justice Department to endorse their legality, The Associated Press has learned.
The officials also took care to insulate President Bush from a series of meetings where CIA interrogation methods, including waterboarding, which simulates drowning, were discussed and ultimately approved.
A former senior U.S. intelligence official familiar with the meetings described them Thursday ...
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