Mukasey On Waterboarding: 'I Would Feel That It Was Torture If It Were Done To Me'

Think Progress:

In today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey whether waterboarding is torture. "Would waterboarding be torture if it were done to you?" "I would feel that it was," said Mukasey. He then continued to dodge the question on whether the procedure is illegal by going on a tangent and citing Cicero. Watch it:

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Comments

[nunzia]

Schumer's support of that man for AG destroyed any respect I had for Schumer.
Oh yeah, and Feinstein too.
As soon s this primary is over, I'm re-registering no-party again.

[sleeperd]

Let me see if I've got this right:

This site is reeking with libs who are just OUTRAGED that we might waterboard people who run electric drills into people and cut a boy's head off before returning it to his parents in a basket.

The Liberal Lion who is demanding an answer re waterboarding is the same heroic guy who left a woman to drown - some say it took 30 minutes for her to die - so he could go tidy up for his press conference. Where is your OUTRAGE???

You two-faced, phony hypocrites are beneath contempt.

[Jonahson]

Why now? This matter should have been brought up and answered ages ago. White House has certainly brought shame to their country. Now countries with bad human rights record will declare that US also are partner to human rights abuse.
The intergrity of USA as a whole is brought to question. The World sees the US government as representatives of the people and they do not see it as an individual act on human right abuse. They will tell you to clean up your own house first before minding other people's bussiness.
Are you going to fight a terrorist by being a terrorist?

[ZsaZsa]

That's the second admin official who's specified that waterboarding would be torture if performed on them. Are they preparing for what happens after this administration leaves office, perhaps?

[TLV]

Leahy made the best comment today to Mukasey. I don't remember it word for word but it was something about not needing another Richard Nixon telling Archibald Cox how to run the Justice Department.

[ajax2]

Mukasey On Waterboarding: 'I Would Feel That It Was Torture If It Were Done To Me'

A distinction that Schumer and Feinstein should explain to their children.

[bar1ed]

with less than one year left to bird brains administration, did you all think they were going to start telling the truth. pretty soon we can start worrying about the next one.

[Purple Girl]

Who the Hell Named HIM above all other humans!!

That statement alone should get this ass thrown in prison.

'Everything is legal as long as it doesn't happen to Me (or I get caught).' Torture, Wiretapping, Bank Scams, Kick Backs, TREASON, ABUSE OF POWER.....

I DON'T WANT YOU OUT- I WANT YOU IN ....GITMO

YA f*CKIN' S.O.B!!

[FiddleDD2]

That statement is the perfect example of the hypocritical, Republican lizard brain.

[MikeDu]

Thankfully, there's not many of 'em left, but I see there's still a few of those "Support the troops/torture the ragheads" creepos floating around on the forum. You certainly can't say the degenrate right 'gets' the concept of basic human rights. They're the same sort of degenarate personaity type that got off lynching blacks in the south... then prayed on their knees the following Sunday.

[revko]

It's official.

It's only torture if it happens to a rich old white guy.

[robodweeb]

I watched some of the hearings and came away thinking that they appointed this guy in order to make Alberto Gonzoles look smart.

[unclejim]

torture was listening to that dude dance around some pretty simple questions

[Counterglow]

I am truly sorry for your country. America has often failed to live up to its ideals, but those ideals were always there to inspire your leaders to do better.

Mukasey and all those like him in the Bush administration have left a stain on America's honour that can never be erased. All you'll ever be able to do is point at it, as you now do at McCarthy's vile House Un-American Activities Committee, and swear that no matter what the cost, you will never again permit such a disgrace.

[kappa08]

I blame Schumer and Feinstein for this idiot. These are the type of Democrats that have been destroying this party. Feel free to scoop them into the same shit pile along with Lieberman.