Low Blow - Cheney - Rumsfeld - Talk Up Waterboarding

BY Helen Kennedy DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

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Does former President George W. Bush should have a few credit history for any flourishing surgery for you to wipe out Osama Bin Laden?

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A parade with previous Bush maintenance administrators went on the actual Sunday political indicates in order to communicate up waterboarding along with maintain a measure with credit pertaining to bagging Osama Bin Laden .

Former Obama current administration nixed seeing that torture - "probably" enjoyed a purpose throughout tracking down Bin Laden and also ought to be brought back.

"It seemed to be a fantastic program. It had been legitimate program. It has not been torture," Cheney told Fox News Sunday. "I would likely firmly recommend we go on it."

Former Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld called this "a mistake" that will rule away waterboarding. "It's apparent of which all those approaches the fact that CIA utilised worked," he reported upon CBS .

Officials have stated the main element to finding Bin Laden seemed to be locating his / her courier. Captured terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave that courier's nickname in 2003 immediately after appearing waterboarded 183 times.

Torture oppositions point out Mohammed never threw in the towel the important name, actually underneath so-called "enhanced interrogation," in addition to suggest usual asking yourself will often have did wonders better.

Further, they will state torture may be a betrayal with American values, no matter if this operates and also not.

Rumsfeld reported he / she idea Obama created "the perfect decision" for you to gamble for a SEAL raid, however added, "I can be desired much less discourse out of your with regards to intelligence, personally."

Last week, the actual Daily News reported that will ex - dropped an invites to arrive at Ground Zero together with President Obama because he thought Obama wasn't taking turns credit rating for your raid. His true helps set out to change the narrative Sunday.

Former Secretary regarding State Condoleezza Rice lauded Obama's "brave decision," although anxious which the particular operation - which your woman called a "victory across presidencies" - took ages setting up.

"You don't just stumble upon Osama Bin Laden. It takes a great deal regarding work to acquire there," she mentioned on CNN . "These brings produced a significant extended time ago."

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff reported on NBC , "Both presidents need a lot of credit score with regard to maturing the gadget about 10 years."

On Saturday, previous Bush chief connected with workforce Andrew Card criticized Obama's visit in order to as grandstanding.

"I imagine he has pounded his torso just a little way too much," Card told that German newspaper Der Spiegel . "He normally takes take great pride in inside it, nonetheless he doesn't ought to present the item hence much."

Card oversaw one particular regarding history's worst-conceived presidential victory laps: whenever his or her boss put on a trip suit in order to plane to an airplanes company draped with a screaming announcing "Mission Accomplished" inside 2003, just simply five many days in to the showdown in which continue to rages.