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thinkprogress.org - 4/26/2009

McCain: Bybee Violated The Law, But It Was Just ‘Very Bad Advice’

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Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeated his view that the United States had conducted torture by authorizing waterboarding. Saying the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times was "unacceptable," McCain declared, "One is too much. Waterboarding is torture, period ." However, ...

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thinkprogress.org - 4/20/2009

McCain Reacts To KSM Being Waterboarded 183 Times: ‘One Is Too Much. Waterboarding Is Torture’

— thinkprogress.org — This morning on Fox News, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responded to the startling information — first noted... by blogger Marcy Wheeler — that detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times . “It’s unacceptable,” ... (more) McCain Reacts To KSM Being Waterboarded 183 Times: ‘One ...

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librarygrape.com - 4/26/2009

McCain: We Violated the Geneva Conventions and Convention Against Torture

— librarygrape.com — Again, credit where credit is due. On Face the Nation this morning, Sen. John McCain just said... that the U.S., under Bush, violated the Geneva Conventions and the U.N. Convention Against Torture. He underscored his comments by saying that torture is wrong, counterproductive and doesn't work.  ... (more) McCain: We Violated the Geneva Conventions and ...

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washingtonmonthly.com - 4/26/2009

McCain on 'bad advice'

— washingtonmonthly.com — MCCAIN ON 'BAD ADVICE'.... On CBS's "Face the Nation" this morning, John McCain dismissed the entire idea... of criminal wrongdoing in relation to the Bush administration's torture policies. "No one," McCain said, "has alleged 'wrongdoing'" on the part ... (more) McCain on 'bad advice'

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McCain on 'bad advice'
Political Animal — ... , "We need to put this behind us. We need to move forward." In the same interview, however, McCain also said this: "[Bybee] falls into the same category as everybody else as far as giving very bad advice and misinterpreting, fundamentally, what the United States is all about, much less things like the Geneva Conventions. Look, under President Reagan we signed an agreement against torture. We were in violation of that." Right, we were in violation of that. It's kind of the point of the debate. The problem, then, is with John McCain's definition of "wrongdoing." As ...