Tag: Waterboarding

Under questioning from Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, attorney general nominee Eric Holder clearly stated waterboarding is torture: “I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture,” Holder said in what amounts to a dramatic reversal of the Justice Department’s policy under President Bush. Seems pretty…

I’m no fan of waterboarding, because it’s torture, plain and simple. I’ve heard the argument from some that it’s not really torture, and I’ve also heard the argument that the ends justify the means when it comes to waterboarding, but in my book, this is the very definition of torture:…

…but I would be too if the Attorney General was trying his best not to answer a very simple question. I just love Michael Mukasey trying to explain away George W. Bush‘s violations of federal law under the guise of his authority as President under Article Two of the Constitution….

At the beginning of January, I asked the question, “What is torture?” in response to Charlie Sykes’ assertion that waterboarding isn’t really torture, or that maybe it is, but he’d support it as long as it worked, and so when I came across this little nugget on YouTube, I couldn’t…

Well, according to Chuck Sykes, it’s not waterboarding. Here’s Chuck’s take on torture (emphasis mine): NOTE: I don’t believe I said that waterboarding wasn’t torture… personally, I don’t care what you call it: if it works I’m for it. On Insight, I was contrasting the brutal, savage torture of our…