Posted on 08/30/2009 12:12:38 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John McCain, a torture survivor from his days as a captive during the Vietnam War, says his private comments about harsh interrogation methods were misrepresented by the Bush Administration in a recently released legal document intended to justify a six-day-long course of sleep deprivation for one CIA detainee in November of 2007.
The newly declassified memo by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel mentions a secret briefing McCain and other members of Congress received sometime before October 17, 2006. The memo says the lawmakers were told about six CIA interrogation techniques, including prolonged sleep deprivation.
The memo recounts McCain's reaction this way. "[S]everal Members of Congress, including the full memberships of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and Senator McCain, were briefed by General Michael Hayden, Director of the CIA, on the six techniques that we discuss herein," writes Steven G. Bradbury, a deputy assistant attorney general in the July 20, 2007, memo, which cites a CIA summary of the discussions. "In those classified and private conversations, none of the Members expressed the view that the CIA detention and interrogation program should be stopped, or that the techniques at issue were inappropriate."
A spokeswoman for McCain said that contrary to those claims, the Arizona Republican repeatedly raised objections in private meetings, including one with Hayden, about the use of sleep deprivation as an interrogation technique. "Senator McCain clearly made the case that he was opposed to unduly coercive techniques, especially when used in combination or taken too far — including sleep deprivation," says Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for McCain.
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Tell JM to shut the hell up.
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This guy has served his purpose. Time for Arizona to get a “real” conservative. I guess he feels that terrorists need to be fully rested before being questioned? Are these guys nuts?
I voted for Sarah not this nimbecile. Gawd John shut up and be a leader in your party.
Oh I forgot. You have to have a spine to do that. Guess they broke that too at the Hanoi Hilton did they? ]
Tell you what...take your little senate name plate there..go join your friends on the other side of the aisle and let a real GOP conservative run for your seat.
” “[S]everal Members of Congress, including the full memberships of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees”
Well, doesn’t that put pelosi at the meeting also!
Up yours Juan.
When will the GOP tell this idiot to STFU? This moron is a DEMOCRAT. Both parties need to be expunged from DC.
One may endure great pain and suffering making one to appear to be a Patriot; But, when that Pain and Suffering are only endured in order to survive and the Enemy Embraced once there is Freedom, then one’s Patriotism may be questioned.....One’’s Friends and Associates are a Reflection of Oneself, and when One chooses a Hanoi War Hero as One’s Close Friend, then is One still an American Patriot?.... Just a Question.... Not a Judgment by any means:-)
Rasmussen Headline on June 05, 2007.
Arizona Poll: 24% Support Immigration Bill, 51% Have Unfavorable Opinion of McCain
The impact is even more noticeable on McCain who is now viewed favorably by just 47% of Arizona voters. Fifty-one percent (51%) have an unfavorable of their state’s Presidential hopeful. Just 15% now have a Very Favorable opinion of McCain while 22% have a Very Unfavorable view.
McCain is a banal, state media stooge. Nothing he says matters.
Would you folks in Arizona PLEASE dump this quack.
The “other” Manchurian Candidate.
The bright side of Obama’s victory was McCain’s loss.
The best thing to come out of McLame is Sarah Palin as a running mate for POTUS.
If the team names were positioned the other way around, (Palin/McLame) we most likely would have a different couple in the WH presently and the political frustration we are presently experiencing wouldn't exist.
McLame would fit right in as V.P. just like (don't mess with) Joe Biden has.
McCain and Pelosi are both in extreme denial...in other words, they are both shameless liars.
When the GOP once again totes a conservative agenda.
mc cain is just as bad as obama and we really didnt have anyone to vote for in last election....after all ...McCain thought he was entitletd to the office
Just please lose. Arizona voters...please just finally kick the damn loser to the curb.
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