Washington: October 6, 2007 - President Bush, shifting course of his subject, reacted to a Congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret harsh interrogation of CIA on terrorism and said that the methods deployed on the people are not torture, the govt. does not torture the people.

President Bush while pointing out the interrogation techniques said, “I have put this program in place for a reason, and that is to better protect the American people.” However, he did not mention the name of the Agency.

President Bush further clarified  ‘When we find somebody who may have information regarding a potential attack on America, you bet we’re going to detain them, and you bet we’re going to question them, because the American people expect us to find out information — actionable intelligence so we can help protect them. That’s our job.”

President Bush further said that the interrogation methods had been “fully disclosed to appropriate members of Congress.” However,  Democrats did not agree and they demanded the classified memorandums to see by themselves.

After the remarks of the President, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said, “The administration can’t have it both ways.” (IR Summary).

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV said, “I’m tired of these games. They can’t say that Congress has been fully briefed while refusing to turn over key documents used to justify the legality of the program.” 

 In two separate legal opinions written in 2005, the Justice Department authorized the C.I.A. to barrage terror suspects with a combination of painful physical and psychological tactics, including head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures.

The memorandums were written just months after a Justice Department opinion in December 2004 declared torture “abhorrent.”
Administration officials have confirmed the existence of the classified opinions, but will not make them public, saying only that they approved techniques that were “tough, safe, necessary and lawful.”

On Friday, the deputy White House press secretary, Tony Fratto, took The Times to task for publishing the information, saying the newspaper had compromised America’s security.

“I’ve had the awful responsibility to have to work with The New York Times and other news organizations on stories that involve the release of classified information,” Mr. Fratto said. “And I could tell you that every time I’ve dealt with any of these stories, I have felt that we have chipped away at the safety and security of America with the publication of this kind of information.”

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/us/nationalspecial3/06interrogate.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

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