Remarks on Torture May Force New Administration’s Hand

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WASHINGTON — Just 14 months ago, at his confirmation hearing, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey frustrated and angered some senators by refusing to state that waterboarding, the near-drowning technique used on three prisoners by the Central Intelligence Agency, is in fact torture.

This week, at his confirmation hearing, Eric H. Holder Jr., the attorney general-designate, did not hesitate to express a clear view. He noted that waterboarding had been used to torment prisoners during the Inquisition, by the Japanese in World War II and in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

“We prosecuted our own soldiers for using it in Vietnam,” Mr. Holder said. “Waterboarding is torture.”

In the view of many historians and legal authorities, Mr. Holder was merely admitting the obvious. He was agreeing with the clear position of his boss-to-be, President-elect Barack Obama, and he was giving an answer that almost certainly was necessary to win confirmation.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/us/politics/17detain.html

[FreakinDJ]

1. Can't wait to hear Feinstien spouting "We need to unify the Country"

Which really means as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee she knew full well what was going on and did NOTHING (not to mention her sworn duty) to stop it.

Which means if your 1 of the little guys you'll do 10 years in Levenwoth

If your 1 of the Washington Elite - you'll get a Free Pass

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2. Jonathon Turley said this was more about us as a country

than it was about GWB. (paraphrasing)

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3. Cheney and Bush admitted it on TV.

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4. I just don't want it swept under the rug and forgotten. It will have

an impact on our standing in world affairs.
edited for typo

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5. If they prosecute Enlisted men during Vietnam for torture

Then they MUST prosecute those in Washington