By Manila Ryce
Published Thursday, February 7th, 2008, 3:17 am
Filed under: Terrorism, Society/Culture: Law/Order, World Issues, Society/Culture, US Politics
A White House spokesman said that President Bush authorized his CIA director to confirm yesterday the use of waterboarding — commonly described as simulating drowning by covering the mouth with a cloth and pouring water down the throat —on three suspected terrorists.
“This program and the techniques used in it were determined lawful, through a process,” said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
Mr. Fratto also said the technique is authorized currently, but could be used in the future if a rigid set of legal and procedural safeguards are followed.
Senate Democrats, however, have demanded a government investigation into the matter to determine whether laws forbidding torture were broken.
You’ve got to be shitting me. A government investigation? How much is it gonna cost for the Democrats to finally decide whether mock execution is torture or not? Call any official from any civilized nation to ask them whether waterboarding is torture and they’ll save you the time and money with a one word answer.
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What? Can’t take a little water in your nose?
It is evident that this asshole is a heartless criminal (that still has a 25% support from “Americans”).
Un-fucking-believable.
02/7/08 at 6:52 am
BuelahMan,
Let me kidnap you child and bury him/her alive and see to what extent you’re willing to go to get me to tell you where I buried the littlt ankle bighter.
You want to live under a blanket of security but you don’t want to know about the details necessary to make and keep it that way.
It’s just like sausage, you may like to eat it but you don’t want to know how it’s made.
02/7/08 at 11:22 am
Yes, I propose we now fund an investigation to determine conclusively Why Criminals Want to Break Out Of Prison.
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