In his first public address since leaving the White House, former president George W. Bush has defended torturing detainees of his 'War on Terror'.
The 43rd US president, in a speech to The Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan at Lake Michigan College, said everything he had done in his term was in line with the United States' legal system.
"The first thing you do is ask what's legal?" Bush told an audience of about 2,500 people on Thursday.
"What do the lawyers say is possible? I made the decision, within the law, to get information so I can say to myself, 'I've done what it takes to do my duty to protect the American people.' I can tell you that the information we got saved lives," he argued.
His successor, Barack Obama, earlier banned the harsh interrogation methods used by CIA officials against terror suspects during the Bush administration.
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"Of course, we had to waterbiard the White House legal team until they gave us the justification for torture, but we got it. Yoo and Bybee said it was all legal." - Official Bush White Horse Souse
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