Senate gives Mukasey a pass
Watching U.S. Senators question Attorney General Michael Mukasey at the Justice Department Oversight session is infuriating. Not only does Mukasey refuse to directly answer any question, no matter how simple, the senators give him a pass. This is oversight malpractice.
When asked by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) of the […]
Rachel Maddow, Alan Keys & Chris Matthews
Quote of the day
Waterboarding appears to have entered American lexicon as the debate over the torture technique increases in public discourse.
This evening on MSNBC’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews responded strongly to Rachael Maddow’s (Air America) assertion that the star of the Des Moines Register GOP debate was former […]
“It’s like swimming”
On the Dec 11, 2007 episode of PBS’ Newshour, Republican Senator Kit Bond, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, compared waterboarding torture techniques to swimming strokes.
President Bush & Sen. Kit Bonds
GWEN IFILL: I just would like to — but do you think that waterboarding, as I described it, constitutes torture?
SEN. […]
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President Bush and Attorneys General keep ‘waterboarding’ a symbol of America
Waterboarding is torture & Mukasey approves
During the October 18, 2007 confirmation hearing of Judge Mike Mukasey for U.S. Attorney General, Mukasey was asked “Is waterboarding constitutional?”
Before we get to his answer, keep in mind that Mukasey is nominated to be the […]
