Hillary Clinton supports selective torture of terror suspects

ANI ^ | 10/16/06

[presidio9]

Senator Hillary Clinton has said that she supports legalizing the torture of a captured terror suspect who knows abut "an imminent threat to millions of Americans".

This, she said was an exception to her opposition to torture.

"If we're going to be preparing for the kind of improbable but possible eventuality, then it has to be done within the rule of law," the New York Daily News quoted Hillary as saying in a phone interview on Friday.

She said the "ticking time bomb" scenario represented a narrow exception to her opposition to torture as morally wrong, ineffective and dangerous to American soldiers.

"In the event we were ever confronted with having to interrogate a detainee with knowledge of an imminent threat to millions of Americans, then the decision to depart from standard international practices must be made by the President, and the President must be held accountable," she said.

"That very, very narrow exception within very, very limited circumstances is better than blasting a big hole in our entire law," she added.

[theDentist]

Another lurch to the right in hopes of a few more votes...

[Vicomte13]

She's right about torturing suspects to prevent an imminent attack, obviously.

But that's not a very hard one, is it?

[edcoil]

Senator Hillary Clinton has said that she supports legalizing the torture of a captured terror suspect who knows abut "an imminent threat to millions of Americans".

How about to 50 Americans?

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Is this a hoax? I can't believe she'd risk alienating her moonbat base with this position.

[Froufrou]

she supports legalizing the torture of a captured terror suspect who knows abut "an imminent threat to millions of Americans".

But, but, but, how do you know they know without torturing them? Am I missing something?

[presidio9]

Another lurch to the right in hopes of a few more votes...

She is going to kill her nomination if she keeps this up. And, meanwhile, it's not like she's picking up any national security/terrorism votes anyway.

[Always Independent]

Using cigars I presume.

[Red Badger]

Having them listen to her speeches ought to do it.............

[Fatuncle]

Well, actually, she is referring to interviewing Bill about the White House interns.

[Mr. Mojo]

Another lurch to the right in hopes of a few more votes...

Yeah but she's not supposed to make that lurch until after securing her party's nomination.

[cripplecreek]

Just the ones who are willing to say Bush is at fault for all things great and small.

[50sDad]

[CASH] "I walk the line.... [/CASH]

[spikeytx86]

Pardon my language but what a Whore!

[Bahbah]

I want to know what her definition of torture is. What, specifically, constitues torture and what methods would she allow. Also, what is the threshhold for the number of citizens who will be killed before she will allow this "torture"?

[Ladysmith]

Wow. Are her numbers down or what? She sounds desperate.

[spikeytx86]

Pardon my language but what a Whore!

[Fawn]

WOW....she must be desperate. Now I'm convinced she's running.....GOod LOrd help us.

[Diogenesis]

She would kill or torture ANYONE who dared even think of getting her way.

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[Enchante]

How about 3,000 or 10,000 or 50,000 or 100,000 or 500,000 Americans??

How about the obvious FACT that usually/always we don't enjoy the convenient certainties of knowing what such hypotheticals assume? How about the FACT that Hillary and Bill are slimy weasels who understand nothing except their own political fortunes...???