Amnesty's answers.(Devil in the Details)
American Prospect, The, July, 2005 by McKelvey, Tara
WHITE HOUSE SPOKESman Scott McClellan called the report "ridiculous." For Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff', it was "irresponsible." And Vice President Dick Cheney was "offended" by it. Still, Amnesty International USA advocacy director Jumana Musa says she was taken by surprise when she was sitting in her Capitol Hill office with CNN in the background on May 31 and heard President Bush denounce the report as "absurd."
"I remember thinking, 'Well, we made the presidential press conference. This is gonna be a ...
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