latimesblogs.latimes.com - 4/30/2009
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In answer to a question about waterboarding and whether it violates the Geneva Conventions, Obama is unequivocal: “Waterboarding is torture.”
He adds: “Waterboarding violates our ideals and our values. I do believe it’s torture. That is not just my opinion; it’s the opinion of many who ...
politifact.com - 4/24/2009
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History supports McCain's stance on waterboarding The morning
after the CNN/YouTube debate in St. Petersburg, John McCain...
remained firm in his stand against the use of an interrogation technique called "waterboarding." He cited solid history to ...
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History supports McCain's stance on waterboarding
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What is it about “last resort” that Obama doesn’t get?
Uncommon Misconceptions —
... The POTUS imagines a world where magical, completely benign interrogation techniques exist:
We could have gotten information in ways that are consistent with our values, with who we are.
Not really, said a CIA guy who was not part of the interrogation team, but was the leader of the team that originally brought Abu Zubaydah in:
Kiriakou said the feeling in the months after the 9/11 attacks was that interrogators did not have the time to delve into the agency’s bag of other interrogation tricks. ...
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 5/22/2009 — The Mac Is Back! John McCain was on Greta tonight and declared "waterboarding is torture." He just erased all of the momentum that Dick Cheney had built up this week against the dangerous Obama Administration in about 2 minutes. Thank you, John ...
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