1.0 link 158149 <![CDATA[Holder: Waterboarding Is Torture, And The President Can't Torture]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/holder-waterboarding-is-t_n_158149.html The major hoopla surrounding the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General has focused on his role in the pardoning of tax-cheat fugitive Marc Rich during the waning days of the Clinton administration.

Lost in the discussion has been an honest look at just how clean a break Holder represents from the judicial and legal landscape that defined the Bush administration.

Asked just minutes into his confirmation hearings whether waterboarding qualified as torture, Holder was unequivocal in his response.

"If you look...

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