Dubya uses London bombings to justify torture
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George W. Bush has defended the US government's use of torture in an interview with the BBC and used the July 7th bombs to back up his use of torture as a legitimate interrogation technique.
"To the critics, I ask them this: when we, within the law, interrogate and get information that protects ourselves and possibly others in other nations to prevent attacks, which attack would they have hoped that we wouldn't have prevented?"
He claimed the families of victims of the July 7 terror attacks in London would understand his position. "I suspect the families of those victims understand the nature of killers. What people gotta understand is that we'll make decisions based upon law. We're a nation of law."
Stephen Bradbury, the head of the US Justice Department's office of legal counsel, recently gave his somewhat contrasted view on Waterboarding. Whilst giving evidence to a congressional committee Bradbury said: "Let me be clear, though: There has been no determination by the justice department that the use of waterboarding, under any circumstances, would be lawful under current law."
"To the critics, I ask them this: when we, within the law, interrogate and get information that protects ourselves and possibly others in other nations to prevent attacks, which attack would they have hoped that we wouldn't have prevented?"
He claimed the families of victims of the July 7 terror attacks in London would understand his position. "I suspect the families of those victims understand the nature of killers. What people gotta understand is that we'll make decisions based upon law. We're a nation of law."
Stephen Bradbury, the head of the US Justice Department's office of legal counsel, recently gave his somewhat contrasted view on Waterboarding. Whilst giving evidence to a congressional committee Bradbury said: "Let me be clear, though: There has been no determination by the justice department that the use of waterboarding, under any circumstances, would be lawful under current law."
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- phillyharper
- 7 months ago
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if you wanted to save or protect lives, George, your money would be much better spent on medical research, traffic safety... hell, even on lightning strike avoidance.
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- BubbaParisFan
- 7 months ago
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