Donald Rumsfeld Audio

[3:18]..." ranking soldiers were punished for the prison abuses and not people like Donald Rumsfeld well I I think and I it still absolutely believe that totality of the circumstances in the decisions in the policies or "...

[29:57]..." the end of the book you describe to meetings he had with Donald Rumsfeld both during both of the meetings he claimed that he had no idea. How understaffed and under resource -- to to believe "...

[2:11]..." ranking soldiers were punished for the prison abuses and not people like Donald Rumsfeld well I I think and I still absolutely believe that totality of the circumstances and the decisions in the policies or lack "...

[21:40]..." number of people involved but not -- too general Sanchez not to Donald Rumsfeld. -- day did you try to talk to them we actually did try to talk to that we sent out letters. I "...

[29:09]..." You don't -- to talk to Rumsfeld or to Cheney or even. Bush himself. That there is something to be learned about the war in about all of us "...

[18:58]..." If in ten or fifteen years you have the opportunity to. Sid Donald Rumsfeld there room for days on end and talk too much you did Bob MacNamara would you like to make that film. "...

[19:09]..." wait you like to extend and offered him right now please. Secretary Rumsfeld he interviewed Robert smacked Tamara I would be delighted to interview with well. There you heard it Barrymore summit thank you very "...

[18:58]..." If in ten or fifteen years you have the opportunity to. Sid Donald Rumsfeld there room for days on end and talk too much you did Bob MacNamara would you like to make that film. "...

[19:09]..." wait you like to extend and offered him right now please. Secretary Rumsfeld he interviewed Robert smacked Tamara I would be delighted to interview with well. There you heard it Barrymore summit thank you very "...

[0:50]..." comes from Douglas fife who was undersecretary of defense for policy under Donald Rumsfeld. Among the revelations in this book the existence of Rumsfeld memo from before the war. The fight -- the parade of horrible loss that seemed to anticipate many of the worst case "...

[1:43]..." so let me explore a few areas with -- first this Rumsfeld memo you call a parade of horrible she called that then at that time that was issued on October 15 2002. Five "...

[2:14]..." Well what that memo represented was and effort by secretary Rumsfeld to bring to the president's attention. The the downsides of going to war he wanted to make sure that the president understood "...

[15:13]..." it is it it out. He bush has after years under Don Rumsfeld and basically telling generals what to do given at least as far as we can tell the military's the by hand and "...

[0:51]..." Well Donald Rumsfeld from 2005 President Bush from 2004. And is this a coincidence an article comes out today in the new Vanity Fair. It's "...

[2:12]..." Israel a related book coming out next month called the torture team rumsfeld's memo and to -- trail of American values. So mr. sense thank you very much for coming into W in Washington. Terrific to -- these York Rumsfeld memo the same one that the Pentagon released yesterday. "...

[3:16]..." before that the president's council whose mister -- just hanging is mr. rumsfeld's Moya and he's very close to mr. Gonzales and very close to -- Chinese lawyer who's called mr. Abington. And they form the inner circle if you like all the tortured him in the bottom line at the story is that. The narrative the administration -- respond is that. The decisions taken on tenement came from the ball to -- the few legs it was an aggressive managing general as a bullet on Quentin elements of this trickled out. Eventually reach mr. rumsfeld's desk and he just did the decent thing and signed the true story is that it came from. "...

[12:27]..." ever and our thanks -- did you ever give any thought to Donald rumsfeld's comment. When the looting was taking place in Baghdad. That and I don't remember the exact words but it was something like "...

[5:15]..." they were really. Deep and fundamental risk struggles personal morals policy. Between Rumsfeld and Cheney at one side obviously. In that oh tenant in Tony Blair and other with Condoleezza Rice is the kind of "...

[10:25]..." be here kind of proxy army. The military -- the Defense Department Rumsfeld Cheney's political partner for forty years or clots certain three steps back and processed. Bush -- the CIA to take the lead -- is Rumsfeld into the country. Backwards spot -- and Rumsfeld doesn't like that one hit it -- its -- Furl listings including future plants that they had to transform the military. So "...

[11:33]..." The president finally decides after a couple of days give it to Rumsfeld -- troops to charge or retreat as. "...