No apologies.
He says this treatment doesn't reflect our values. He keeps saying that this is how Stalin and Hitler treated their prisoners. But then he says that those victims DID get treated worse than these.
But then he said that our treatment of this prisoner was CLOSER to that of those despotic regimes than what our norm is.
Sen. Warner now cross-examining him on questioning and ripping him a new one...
Warner refutes Durbin's claim that this is "unrefuted". Warner says it is raw information, and a reasonable person would not take this report at face value.
Warner says that this use of this type of memo on the Senate floor is not normal for senate rules.
Says that if HE (Warner) was going to explore this issue, he wouldn't do it based on a single document. Seems to call Durbin a fool.
I'm glad they got Warner doing this. He isn't a right-winger.
Durbin says that since the Bush administration hasn't said anything about it, it HAS TO BE TRUE.
Warner responds that it is currently UNDER INVESTIGATION, and they wouldn't make a report before that.
Warner refutes Durbin's claim that this is "unrefuted". Warner says it is raw information, and a reasonable person would not take this report at face value.
Warner says that this use of this type of memo on the Senate floor is not normal for senate rules.
Says that if HE (Warner) was going to explore this issue, he wouldn't do it based on a single document. Seems to call Durbin a fool.
I'm glad they got Warner doing this. He isn't a right-winger.
Durbin says that since the Bush administration hasn't said anything about it, it HAS TO BE TRUE.
Warner responds that it is currently UNDER INVESTIGATION, and they wouldn't make a report before that.