Torture on Cheney

Steve Inskeep talks with Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, about the influence of Vice President Dick Cheney's office over Iraq war policy. Wilkerson claims the vice president and others bypassed the rest of the government to control key decisions.

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Dan Froomkin has more...

This has always been a top down policy. I interviewed Wesley Clark last week and I'll post it soon. We talked about torture extensively.