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thatcrazycajun...or so seems to believe Judge Michael Mukasey, our Maximum Leader's latest appointment nominee to fill the slot left vacant by the unlamented Alberto "Gonzo" Gonzales. (See article here.)
Your Honor, anyone reading the citations on this page knows everything they need to know in order to decide whether waterboarding is illegal, or whether it constitutes torture. You don't need any special military or CIA briefings to decide this; no one does...certainly not someone who harbors any hope of serving as Attorney General when the last one was shown the door, in part, over this very issue. And Mr. Bush, trust me, you're long past the point where you should be worrying about whether "the enemy" finds out we use this technique; that cat went extra-bagular over a year ago, minimum.
No official of the United States Government should ever—ever—condone or authorize an interrogation technique recognized by both law around the world and by plain old common sense as torture. No officer of the U.S. armed forces or law enforcement agencies should be employing torture. And no one should be nominated by a President, or confirmed by the Senate, to any such high position who refuses to categorically state that s/he recognizes this. Period. Paragraph.
Your Honor, anyone reading the citations on this page knows everything they need to know in order to decide whether waterboarding is illegal, or whether it constitutes torture. You don't need any special military or CIA briefings to decide this; no one does...certainly not someone who harbors any hope of serving as Attorney General when the last one was shown the door, in part, over this very issue. And Mr. Bush, trust me, you're long past the point where you should be worrying about whether "the enemy" finds out we use this technique; that cat went extra-bagular over a year ago, minimum.
No official of the United States Government should ever—ever—condone or authorize an interrogation technique recognized by both law around the world and by plain old common sense as torture. No officer of the U.S. armed forces or law enforcement agencies should be employing torture. And no one should be nominated by a President, or confirmed by the Senate, to any such high position who refuses to categorically state that s/he recognizes this. Period. Paragraph.
