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  1. I sketched out Rumsfeld's rise (through the lens of his role in bringing Cheney into public life) in the 2nd chapter of my 2007 book Takeover: bringing OEO to heel for Nixon, becoming Ford's WH chief of staff and then Pentagon head, etc. Read free: charliesavage.com/books/takeover-the-return-of-the-imperial-presidency-and-the-subversion-of-american-democracy/begin-reading-takeover-by-charlie-savage/
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      Rumsfeld was a key adviser to Bush and Cheney for many White House-level decisions, of course, but one of his individual legacies, with still-lingering consequences, was his decision to send detainees from the Afghanistan War to Guantanamo. From Takeover:
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        Rumsfeld was among the group in the Bush-Cheney administration who signed off on torturing wartime prisoners in an effort to get them to talk. From Takeover:
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