In interview about 'Decision Points' memoir, Bush stands by waterboarding
(Read article summary)In an interview with The Times of London about his memoir 'Decision Points', former President George Bush said that waterboarding, which the British government has deemed torture, saved British lives – a claim some British officials dispute.
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President George Bush authorized the waterboarding of three men during his tenure in office, and claims that doing so saved American and British lives, according to his new memoir and interviews with the British press.
Agence France-Presse reports that in an interview promoting his book, "Decision Points," Mr. Bush told The Times of London that, "Three people were waterboarded and I believe that decision saved lives."
"Their interrogations helped break up plots to attack American diplomatic facilities abroad, Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf in London, and multiple targets in the United States," Bush wrote in his book, "Decision Points."
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