Reuters:
Bush reiterated in his weekly radio address that he would try to seek "common ground" on the legislation, but insisted the final version must allow the CIA questioning to continue because it has helped to foil plots.
"This CIA program has saved American lives, and the lives of people in other countries," Bush said.
But on friday, he threatened to kill the program:
Washington Post:
President Bush warned defiant Republican senators Friday that he will close down a CIA interrogation program that he credited with thwarting terrorist attacks if they pass a proposal regulating detention of enemy combatants, escalating a politically charged battle that has exposed divisions within his party.
So he's saying that, unless his demands are met, americans will die.
Isn't that pretty much Osama bin Laden's style of politics?
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