America's use of waterboarding to interrogate suspected terrorists saved British lives by stopping attacks on Heathrow and Canary Wharf, George W Bush claims in a new book.
In his memoirs, the former U.S. president defended the technique, rejected by the British government as torture.
In an interview today, Mr Bush also praises Tony Blair as his closest ally but is dismissive about British public opinion about the war in Iraq.
Ending two years of public silence since he left the White House, Mr Bush said three suspects were waterboarded to provide information about the plots.
‘Their interrogations helped break up plots to attack American diplomatic families abroad, Heathrow Airport and Canary Wharf in London, and multiple targets in the United States,’ he writes in Decision Points, published in the U.S. today.
Mr Bush also claims in the book that he ordered a plan to be drawn up for a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
He admits that he authorised the use of waterboarding on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed architect of the September 11 attacks, calling his decision ‘damn right’.
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