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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Mukasey Dodges Senators’ Grilling on Waterboarding During a visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey irked certain senators by wiggling out of directly stating whether or not he believes that waterboarding is a form of torture, an expected but apparently exasperating <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/washington/30cnd-mukasey.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" title="dodge">dodge</a> in the estimation of Sens. Edward Kennedy and Patrick Leahy, among others. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080130_mukasey_dodges_senators_waterboarding_grilling/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080130_mukasey_dodges_senators_waterboarding_grilling/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Mukasey Dodges Senators’ Grilling on Waterboarding During a visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey irked certain senators by wiggling out of directly stating whether or not he believes that waterboarding is a form of torture, an expected but apparently exasperating <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/washington/30cnd-mukasey.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" title="dodge">dodge</a> in the estimation of Sens. Edward Kennedy and Patrick Leahy, among others. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080130_mukasey_dodges_senators_waterboarding_grilling/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20080130_mukasey_dodges_senators_waterboarding_grilling/</a> Copyright © 2008 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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