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youtube.com - 1/15/2009

Eric Holder: Waterboarding is Torture (video)

— youtube.com — ThinkProgress.org, 1/15/09 (more) Eric Holder: Waterboarding is Torture (video)

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thinkprogress.org - 1/15/2009

Holder breaks with Mukasey, says ‘waterboarding is torture.’

— thinkprogress.org — In October 2007, during his confirmation hearings, Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused to call waterboarding torture and to this day has not called it torture. In his confirmation hearing today, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder clearly said ... (more) Holder breaks with Mukasey, says ‘waterboarding is torture.’

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julescrittenden.com - 1/12/2009

Waterboarding

— julescrittenden.com — « That Turn The Other Cheek Thing Uh Oh » Waterboarding Gets Allah’s vote. ABC : A leader of the CIA team that captured the first major al Qaeda figure, Abu Zubaydah, says subjecting him to waterboarding was torture but necessary. In the first ... (more) Waterboarding

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