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Mukasey Still Does Not Know If Waterboarding Is Torture

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Tue Oct 30, 2007 at 05:42:03 PM EST
Tags: Michael Mukasey, torture, waterboarding (all tags)
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Via TPM:

President Bush's nominee for attorney general told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that he does not know whether waterboarding is illegal. He pledged to study the matter and to reverse any Justice Department finding that endorses a practice that violates the law or the Constitution. "If, after such a review, I determine that any technique is unlawful, I will not hesitate to so advise the president and will rescind or correct any legal opinion of the Department of Justice that supports the use of the technique," Michael Mukasey wrote to the committee's 10 Democrats.

Incredible. Shameless. Outrageous. Disqualifying.

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    Mukasey is dishonest. (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Edger on Tue Oct 30, 2007 at 10:20:32 PM EST
    Like Giuliani and Bush, Mukasey knows it is torture and knows that it is illegal. He's a flat out liar, parroting Bush.

    Incredible. Shameless. Outrageous. Disqualifying. Worse than Go