Posted on 12/14/2014 11:55:36 AM PST by Steelfish
ByREBECCA KAPLAN FACE THE NATION December 14, 2014 John McCain Stands Out In Defense Of CIA Torture Report Release
Nearly a week after the Senate Intelligence Committee released its massive report on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques, Washington remains divided on even the most basic questions of whether the report was an accurate reflection of what happened and if it should have been released at all.
The debate over the report has largely broken down along partisan lines, with Democrats pushing hard to make the report public and Republicans portraying it as an inaccurate picture of the type of information gleaned by the CIA in the wake of 9/11 and a document that will embolden America's enemies. But at least one member of the GOP says the report is important for the nation to see.
"I also had some mixed emotions about it, but the reason why I think came down and said that we should is because that is what America is all about," said Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday. "We do things wrong, we make mistakes, we review those and we vow never to do them again."
McCain, who was tortured after being taken prisoner during the Vietnam War, has opposed the use of torture on American detainees. He said the practices "fly in the face of everything that America values and stands for."
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Well, that should make some FINO heads explode. Thanks Steelfish.
With “friends” like McCain, America doesn’t need enemies.
With Gruber as a precedent, it seems time to define another verb or two:
Feinstein: to perpetrate a treasonous act against your country, for personal or political gain
McCain: to support the treasonous actions of the opposing political party, for personal or political gain.
McCain is long overdue for his meds at the nursing home...
Rand Paul: GOP Should Reject Cheney for Defending “Torture”
In 2009 interviews, Paul said the Bush administration had used “torture” and called on Republicans to disassociate their party from Cheney.
By David Corn
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/rand-paul-bush-cheney-torture
Sen. Dianne Feinstein sneers at Rand Paul’s ‘Jane Fonda’ argument
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02YMHEtbw0
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/cia-torture-report-republicans-react-113432.html
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said the government should be more transparent and have a moral stance against torture. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), himself a victim of torture while a prisoner of war, supported the report’s release and criticized the CIA’s practices as having “damaged our security interests.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/08/rand-paul-torture-congress_n_5114328.html
“The Republicans and the Democrats at high levels supported and at least knew that Bush had given these orders to allow torture to occur,” Paul said in an interview with Antiwar.com in May 2009, months before he launched his bid for Senate. “My guess is that the leaders of all the intelligence committees, as well as the congressional leaders on both sides, knew very well of all the things that were going on.” Paul added that “all the leaders, both the Republicans and Democrats, are complicit in just about everything that happened.”
Scott Horton Interviews Dr. Rand Paul Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Heyrcidp-tI
Okay Johnny, I'll remember that if your daughter is blown up at some mall or event that might have been prevented by so-called "torture". And btw, how do you feel about the USA nuking 2 Japanese cities and fire-bombing German cities? Too extreme?
And how's that working out for your words, "You have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency"? What say you now, you feckless politician? TERM LIMITS! GO AWAY!
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Seems like you can always count on McCain to be wrong, and the MSM to give him a platform.
We don't know if he was tortured or he suffered the wounds when his plane crashed. His story has been questioned from the day of his release. He's one of the only prisoners if war who other prisoners have raised questions about. Evidently, there are tapes of him saying whatever the Vietnamese wanted him to say. I think it is very possible he consorted with the enemy.
I am not inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt when he is putting Americans in harm's way with his asinine stand on CIA enhanced torture techniques.
He has definitely reached his EXPIRATION date.
I wonder how Arizona can be so conservative and keep electing that dolt?
hopefully he will retire....last primary he faced a real sleaze bag and won easily. I think a “no name” could have beat McCain.
Ate too many bugs at the Hanoi Hilton....
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