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CIA: Waterboarding Possibly IllegalPosted on Feb 7, 2008
CIA Director Michael Hayden told lawmakers Thursday that waterboarding is a useful technique but might not be “lawful under current statute.” Hayden said his agency used waterboarding because of “misshaped and misformed” direction from Washington. Attorney General Michael Mukasey used similar reasoning when he said he would not investigate what many consider to be torture of suspects. Hayden is no stranger to skirting legality when it comes to President Bush’s pet programs. As NSA director, he oversaw the eavesdropping project that stirred so much controversy. That role earned him a transfer to the CIA, where he has tried to explain the agency’s torture of prisoners as well as the destruction of evidence of that torture. Hayden appears to be the president’s go-to guy for the defense of unethical programs.
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By Rob in Florida, February 10 at 10:43 pm # Water-boarding is Illegal in US historyHow can the US say Water-boarding isn’t torture when the US convicted Japanese soldiers after WWII for water-boarding prisoners, and in 1983 a Texas Sheriff was convicted for using water-boarding to get confessions from prisoners and that was considered torture, I don’t get the difference someone please help me understand why these people (the US) can get away with it, these definitely appear to be War crime.
By Alexia, February 9 at 2:20 pm # McCain doesn’t believe in waterboarding! Hurrah for McCain! Everybody vote for McCain! (no?)
By Felipe Thomas, February 7 at 4:05 pm # Torture is such a harsh wordPerhaps they can call it ‘the application of severe discomfort’. I wonder how many guys at the DoJ play jack bauer when they get home? Add Your Comment |
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