When news broke about the the CIA carrying out torture in questioning al-Qaeda suspects it originally was claimed that they had not informed the government, but that turns out to be untrue according to Dick Cheney, the vice-president at the time. 'US President George W Bush was "fully informed" about CIA interrogation techniques condemned in a Senate report, his vice-president says. Speaking to Fox News, Dick Cheney said Mr Bush "knew everything he needed to know" about the programme, and the report was "full of crap.' (BBC News, 11 December) RD
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