Matt Lauer goes after Bush over secret prisons and torture

Matt Lauer went after Bush over his secret prisons and the use of torture on the captured terrorists via The Today Show this morning. He was uncommonly strong and didn't back down when Bush gave his pet answer. He hits the right note because if what we've been doing is legal then why was there the need for secret prisons? When Bush gets cornered--he starts saying he's not going to talk about it anymore...

Matt Lauer: And yet you admitted that there were these CIA secret facilities. OK?

President Bush: So what? Why is that not within the law?

Matt Lauer: The head of Amnesty International says secret sites are against international law.

President Bush: Well, we just disagree with him. Plus, my job is to protect you. And most American people, if I said [to them] that we had who we think is the mastermind of the 9/11, they would say, "Why don't you see if you can't get information without torturing him," which is what we did.

Matt Lauer: I don't want to let this "within the law issue" slip though. I mean, if, in fact, there was water boarding used with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and for the viewers, that's basically when you strap someone to a board and you make them feel as if they're going to drown by putting them underwater, if that was legal and within the law, why couldn't you do it at Guantanamo? Why did you have to go to a secret location around the world?

President Bush: I'm not going to talk about techniques. And, I'm not going explain to the enemy what we're doing. All I'm telling you is that you've asked me whether or not we're doing things to protect the American people, and I want the American people to know we are doing so.

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[TheJoehill]

you are a fucking moron, Anyone that says Bush did the 911 attacks needs to be punched and who gives a fuck what the world think?

[newmac]

Next time an Officer pulls you over for speeding; just tell him "your lawyer said it was legal".........

[Jraucci13]

matt lauer is a fucking idiot

[krausza]

Oh, well if international law says so... because all nations adhere to international law, right?

He made hard decisions...

BTW, Guantanamo is still open... that facility of 'torture"... when does Obama get heat for that.... where's lauer? where's the outrage?

cough* DOUBLE STANDARD *cough

[LeseMajeste]

GW is a lying, slimy, POS that should spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison for his part in 9/11 and the mass murder of millions of Arabs/Muslims.

[TheCharles2711]

The torturing was a mistake in his presidency, but he had to make hard decisions for the sake of national security. its not easy being the leader of the free world.

[SOUPRUN01]

@TheJoehill He has Saudi friends though who fund Bush family 1.5 billion.

[patrickintx]

@mordred512 he never really asked what was going on and they never really told him. What you are looking at is the court jester truing to play king!

[patrickintx]

Two companies and the strongest country on earth belly upped under his watch!