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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Monday, June 6, 2005, at 10:35 AM ET

"It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of—and the allegations—by people who were held in detention, people who hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to disassemble—that means not tell the truth." —On a report from Amnesty International critical of U.S. detention facilities. Washington, D.C., May 31, 2005

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 21:18.

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Jacob Weisberg is editor of Slate and author of The Bush Tragedy.
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