"I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency in effect came in and wanted to know what they could and couldn't do. And they talked to me, as well as others, to explain what they wanted to do. And I supported it."—Outgoing Vice President Dick Cheney, on "the tactics that were used against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed," the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Those "tactics" included waterboarding, and, in this interview, Cheney is explicitly asked as a follow-up if he thinks waterboarding was appropriate, and he says, bluntly and without qualification: "I do."
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