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http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Points-George-W-Bush/dp/0307590615

> http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Points-George-W-Bush/dp/0307590615

FTFY.

You should hide your links better

If you zoom in enough you can see the book he is reading:
https://www.amazon.com/Decision-Points-George-W-Bush/dp/0307590615/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Nice try, George W. Bush's ghostwriter...

If you look at the first pages of Bush's book, the answer is a clear no. He still expects that history will look back at him a hero...

FD: I just read the first 2 chapters in the free Kindle sample...

I don't agree with some of his political positions, but I've always felt like he's an eminently decent human being. He always seemed to have his heart in the right place, and seems to truly care about people.

I just finished reading his book, and it reinforced that view. Of course he gets to say what he wants about himself, but his candor was refreshing. He admits numerous mistakes, talks frankly about getting sober, etc. Even if you don't agree with his politics, it's a worthwhile read.

If anyone actually took the time to read Bush's book, Decision Points, you would have read that he states that he authorized techniques such as waterboarding. He literally says it in Chapter 6:

>The FBI began questioning Zubaydah, who had clearly been trained on how to resist interrogation. He revealed bits and pieces of information that he thought we already knew. Frighteningly, we didn’t know much. For example, we received definitive information about a new alias for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who Zubaydah also confirmed had masterminded the 9/11 attacks.

>Then Zubaydah stopped answering questions. George Tenet told me interrogators believed Zubaydah had more information to reveal. If he was hiding something more, what could it be? Zubaydah was our best lead to avoid another catastrophic attack. “We need to find out what he knows,” I directed the team. “What are our options?”

>One option was for the CIA to take over Zubaydah’s questioning and move him to a secure location in another country where the Agency could have total control over his environment. CIA experts drew up a list of interrogation techniques that differed from those Zubaydah had successfully resisted. George assured me all interrogations would be performed by experienced intelligence professionals who had undergone extensive training. Medical personnel would be on-site to guarantee that the detainee was not physically or mentally harmed.

>At my direction, Department of Justice and CIA lawyers conducted a careful legal review. They concluded that the
enhanced interrogation program complied with the Constitution and all applicable laws, including those that ban torture.

>I took a look at the list of techniques. There were two that I felt went too far, even if they were legal. I directed the CIA not to use them. Another technique was waterboarding, a process of simulated drowning. No doubt the the procedure was tough, but medical experts assured that it did no lasting harm.

>I knew that an interrogation program this sensitive and controversial would one day become public. When it did, we would open ourselves up to criticism that America had compromised our moral values. I would have preferred that we get the information another way.

He then goes on to say:

>Zubaydah later explained to interrogators why he started answering questions again. His understanding of Islam was that he had to resist interrogation only up to a certain point. Waterboarding was the technique that allowed him to reach that threshold, fulfill his religious duty, and then cooperate. “You must do this for all the brothers,” he said.

and

>Khalid Sheikh Mohammed proved difficult to break. But when he did, he gave us a lot. He disclosed plans to attack American targets with anthrax and directed us to three people involved in the al Qaeda biological weapons program. He provided information that led to the capture of Hambali, the chief of al Qaeda’s most dangerous affiliate in Southeast Asia and the architect of the Bali terrorist attack that killed 202 people. He provided further details that led agents to Hambali’s brother, who had been grooming operatives to carry out another attack inside the United States, possibly a West Coast version of 9/11 in which terrorists flew a hijacked plane into the Library Tower in Los Angeles.

and

>Of the thousands of terrorists we captured in the years after 9/11, about a hundred were placed into the CIA program. About a third of those were questioned using enhanced techniques. Three were waterboarded. The information the detainees in the CIA program revealed constituted more than half of what the CIA knew about al Qaeda. Their interrogations helped break up plots to attack American military and diplomatic facilities abroad, Heathrow Airport and Canary Wharf in London, and multiple targets in the United States.

Why are people acting like this is some secret, when it's literally in a book. That only people that don't know about this are liberals (and I'm a liberal) who refuse to read Bush's book because they believe that it will be full of lies and fanciful spin. And yet one of the things that people are trying to pin on him he takes FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

Read Obama's book to learn everything about him.

http://www.amazon.com/Decision-Points-George-W-Bush/dp/0307590615