George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times.

The accusations were made by Lawrence Wilkerson, a top aide to Colin Powell, the former Republican Secretary of State, in a signed declaration to support a lawsuit filed by a Guantánamo detainee. It is the first time that such allegations have been made by a senior member of the Bush Administration.

Colonel Wilkerson, who was General Powell’s chief of staff when he ran the State Department, was most critical of Mr Cheney and Mr Rumsfeld. He claimed that the former Vice-President and Defence Secretary knew that the majority of the initial 742 detainees sent to Guantánamo in 2002 were innocent but believed that it was “politically impossible to release them”.

Whoda thunk it?




  1. ECA says:

    NOW here is what happened..
    we wonder around the neighborhoods..
    ASKING
    “Where are Taliban”
    “WHo is Taliban”

    And some ODD, person with a grudge, say “its HIM”.

    With no other proof, then the word of an idiot..and a Bunch of Military tht cant talk the language..WE (YES, WE) arrested Many people.

    This is like someone pointing at you and saying you are a CHILD MOLESTER.
    It dont matter, what the truth is..Many people will look at you funny, after this.
    HOW do you prove you ARENT what others have said? HOW??

  2. Nobody says:

    Realizing the importance of the case, my men are rounding up twice the usual number of suspects.

  3. JimD says:

    Not too late for WAR CRIMES TRIALS !!! And who’s order can W or Prick Cheney say they were following ??? God’s ???


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