Attorney General Refuses to Rule Out Beatings, Shocks, or the Rack & Screw; Does Not Say Whether Waterboarding U.S. Citizen Would Be Illegal
Posted by stoptorture on February 7th, 2008
Remember how water(boarding)gate all began because Michael Mukasey, then nominee for Attorney General, refused to categorically say that waterboarding was torture back in October 2007? Well, today, Mukasey apparently added beatings, electric shocks, and the rack and screw to his moral and legal ambivalence list. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on February 7, 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey reached a new low, refusing to say whether even the “beating” of detainees would be unlawful and criminal. Watch the video of Mukasey posted by us by clicking on the image below left.
Today, Mukasey also refused to answer whether a U.S. interrogator could use the rack and screw or electric shocks. Finally, Mukasey did not respond whether it would be illegal for a foreign government to subject a U.S. citizen to waterboarding. Watch the video of that exchange posted by us by clicking below right.
[Welcome Michael Moore readers]
February 8th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
What will is take for Americans to wake up, be outraged, and call for the impeachment of Cheney/Bush?
February 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
that would make the attorney general a war criminal he kind of looks like one
February 10th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Here is my 9 minute excerpt youtube video of that event.