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Interrogation by Democrats: Hugs Instead of Waterboarding
North Star Writers Group ^ | February 4, 2008 | Gregory D. Lee

Posted on 02/04/2008 6:18:28 AM PST by Invisigoth

Over the last few months there have been non-stop assaults on the CIA for allegedly torturing captured Al Qaeda members. Questions have arisen if a particular “enhanced interrogation technique,” known as waterboarding, is torture or not. Last week the question surfaced again when Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused to rule on the legality of waterboarding for the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a moment of political grandstanding, the committee’s chairman, Patrick Leahy, insisted the AG rule on the issue despite the CIA and Pentagon having banned it in 2006.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cia; mukasey; torture; waterboarding

1 posted on 02/04/2008 6:18:31 AM PST by Invisigoth
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To: Invisigoth
From the full article: "Who is Ted Kennedy to criticize CIA interrogation methods when he knows full well that more people have drowned at Chappaquiddick than from waterboarding?"

Priceless.

2 posted on 02/04/2008 6:37:55 AM PST by FairWitness
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To: Invisigoth

Same for McCain. He won’t waterboard.


3 posted on 02/04/2008 6:40:20 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Maybe if we ask the terrorists real nice.....


4 posted on 02/04/2008 6:53:48 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Invisigoth

Make the terrorists work as Hillary’s house boys. That would be real torture.


5 posted on 02/04/2008 6:58:48 AM PST by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: SoFloFreeper

McCain’s experience with torture in Vietnam has left him psychologically incapable of making the judgements necessary as commander in chief.


6 posted on 02/04/2008 7:01:10 AM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Same for McCain. He won’t waterboard.

Naturally. What else can you expect from the McChurian Candidate?

7 posted on 02/04/2008 7:23:25 AM PST by Digital Sniper (Hello, "Undocumented Immigrant." I'm an "Undocumented Border Patrol Agent.")
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