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Cheney Announced Bush Detainee Policy Before Bush Made Decision

Barton Gellman and Jo Becker | Washington Post

Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. He carried it back out with him after lunch.

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