Attorney General Eric Holder: Waterboarding is torture.
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/holder_confirmation
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Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder forcefully broke from the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies Thursday, declaring that waterboarding is torture and pledging to prosecute some Guantanamo Bay detainees in U.S. courts.
It was the latest signal that President-elect Barack Obama will chart a new course in combatting terrorism. As recently as last week, Vice President Dick Cheney defended waterboarding, a harsh interrogation tactic that simulates drowning, saying it provided valuable intelligence.
It was the latest signal that President-elect Barack Obama will chart a new course in combatting terrorism. As recently as last week, Vice President Dick Cheney defended waterboarding, a harsh interrogation tactic that simulates drowning, saying it provided valuable intelligence.
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kennymotown
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I'm looking for much bigger steps, but a step is a step in a democracy things move slowly. Thanks too the criminal doings by the Bush administration Mr. Holder will be busy for quit awhile.
- 3 years ago
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kennymotown
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Jonathonish
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Another step in the right direction.
- 3 years ago
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Jonathonish
