{"id":51100,"date":"2014-12-15T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=51100"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:27:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:27:11","slug":"cheney-calls-for-international-ban-on-torture-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/12\/cheney-calls-for-international-ban-on-torture-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheney Calls for International Ban on Torture Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/andy-borowitz-320.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-51101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/andy-borowitz-320-150x150.png\" alt=\"andy borowitz-320\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51102\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Borowitz-Cheney-Torture-Report-690.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51102\" class=\"wp-image-51102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Borowitz-Cheney-Torture-Report-690.jpg\" alt=\"Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK WILSON\/GETTY\" width=\"690\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Borowitz-Cheney-Torture-Report-690.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Borowitz-Cheney-Torture-Report-690-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK WILSON\/GETTY<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Former Vice-President Dick Cheney on Tuesday [9 Dec 2014] called upon the nations of the world to \u201conce and for all ban the despicable and heinous practice of publishing torture reports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many Americans, I was shocked and disgusted by the Senate Intelligence Committee\u2019s publication of a torture report today,\u201d Cheney said in a prepared statement. \u201cThe transparency and honesty found in this report represent a gross violation of our nation\u2019s values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe publication of torture reports is a crime against all of us,\u201d he added. \u201cNot just those of us who have tortured in the past, but every one of us who might want to torture in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saying that the Senate\u2019s \u201chorrifying publication\u201d had inspired him to act, he vowed, \u201cAs long as I have air to breathe, I will do everything in my power to wipe out the scourge of torture reports from the face of the Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheney concluded his statement by calling for an international conference on the issue of torture reports. \u201cI ask all the great nations of the world to stand up, expose the horrible practice of publishing torture reports, and say, \u2018This is not who we are,\u2019\u00a0\u201d Cheney said.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Andy Borowitz is a <\/em>New York Times<em> best-selling author and a comedian who has written for <\/em>The New Yorker<em> since 1998.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/cheney-calls-international-ban-torture-reports\" >Go to Original \u2013 newyorker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice-President Dick Cheney on Tuesday [9 Dec 2014] called upon the nations of the world to \u201conce and for all ban the despicable and heinous practice of publishing torture reports. 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