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UN Blasts White House on Waterboarding
AP via SFGate ^ | 2/6/8 | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 02/06/2008 12:22:28 PM PST by SmithL

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- The United Nations' torture investigator criticized the White House Wednesday for defending the use of waterboarding and urged the U.S. to give up its defense of "unjustifiable" interrogation methods.

The comments from Manfred Nowak, the U.N.'s special rapporteur on torture, came a day after the Bush administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that waterboarding was used by U.S. government questioners on three terror suspects.

Testifying before Congress, CIA Director Michael Hayden said the suspects were waterboarded in 2002 and 2003.

"This is absolutely unacceptable under international human rights law," Nowak said. "Time has come that the government will actually acknowledge that they did something wrong and not continue trying to justify what is unjustifiable."

The White House on Wednesday defended the use of waterboarding, saying it is legal — not torture as critics argue — and has saved American lives.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: unsecurity; waterboarding
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To: SmithL

The wussie UN would. However, I don’t have a problem with waterboarding if it gets the info out of these terrorists. Way to go, US!


21 posted on 02/06/2008 12:33:32 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: SmithL

The US should withdraw from the UN, NATO and all other entangling alliances that try to limit what we can do.


22 posted on 02/06/2008 12:34:42 PM PST by FFranco
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To: SmithL

UN soldiers rape innocent women. Waterboarding pales in comparison.


23 posted on 02/06/2008 12:34:46 PM PST by TADSLOS (Conservatism means never having to say "I voted for John McCain for the sake of the GOP")
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To: SmithL

i suppose we should switch to beheadings


24 posted on 02/06/2008 12:35:01 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: SmithL; All
20 questions
25 posted on 02/06/2008 12:35:36 PM PST by musicman
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The last I heard,the U.N. was still trying to figure out what the definition of “terrorist” was. They jut might have figured it out by now. I don’t know.

It is a sure bet that they would rather a whole city go up in a flash of light killing 8 million people or more than to let one little terrorist get a little wet.

THIS is who the U.N. have become.


26 posted on 02/06/2008 12:37:09 PM PST by Tut
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To: NEMDF
"I suppose if we would just burn their bodies and hang them from a bridge somewhere it would be okay, though."

I'm sure the UN would have no problem with our raping them.

27 posted on 02/06/2008 12:37:09 PM PST by mass55th
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To: musicman

I remain amazed by the number of people who think sleep deprivation constitutes torture.


28 posted on 02/06/2008 12:37:39 PM PST by squidly
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To: SmithL
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29 posted on 02/06/2008 12:38:16 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: SmithL


The Flag of the United Nations is only good for one thing.

Recognizing ANY sovereignty over our own,
is a relinquishing of our own sovereignty.


30 posted on 02/06/2008 12:39:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (That's right John McStain, you'll get my vote when you peel it from my cold dead fingers.)
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To: SmithL
Don’t fret UN, McCain, Huck, Obama, and Hillary are on the way!

Ready to kiss UN and terrorist arse.

31 posted on 02/06/2008 12:39:44 PM PST by roses of sharon
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To: pennboricua

McCain, who is praised by RINOs for being pro-military, betrayed the military by convincing the world that our military tortures people. There are times in war, when information from prisoners is necessary for saving the lives of Americans, to include U.S. service-members.

Our military goes to extraordinary lengths to provide for our enemies cultural and religious concerns and even their interrogation techniques are done with professionalism that only simulates the fear of death, rather than to leave any permanent disfigurement or cause death.

McCain knows this and yet still plays politics with the lives of our military and the security of our nation. In my book, that is neither pro-military or pro-national security. How many people that vote in the general and don’t even understand how the primary system works will be discovering these things out about McCain after he’s the nominee! I overheard a discussion last night between two women were so confused about the whole process, I had to explain to them that in the primary season, Republicans pick their candidate and the Dems pick theirs. Pathetic!


32 posted on 02/06/2008 12:41:31 PM PST by LaurenD
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To: dynachrome

How about condemning the practice of “Trakosi” in Ghana, the esteemed former UN Secretary General’s home country? Men convicted of crimes can put up their virgin daughters in lieu of serving a sentence.


33 posted on 02/06/2008 12:41:49 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: SmithL

Whatever UN idiots! It was done, it got info that saved lives and it will be done again if it could save more lives. The subjects of this “torture” are all still alive so it must not have been that bad.


34 posted on 02/06/2008 12:42:14 PM PST by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: SmithL

Too bad we can’t waterboard the UN.


35 posted on 02/06/2008 12:42:19 PM PST by NoGrayZone (I believe we are witnessing the birth of the new Conservative Party....Grab a cigar!)
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To: SmithL
Okay 'Manfred', no more water boarding. From now on we'll just strap them to a Lazyboy and make them listen to Yoko Ono records.

I bet they talk in 20 seconds, or less.

36 posted on 02/06/2008 12:42:55 PM PST by Condor51 (I will NOT vote for McInsane, ever -- even if Waterboarded!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Killing Americans is TOTALLY different....get with the program!


37 posted on 02/06/2008 12:43:14 PM PST by NoGrayZone (I believe we are witnessing the birth of the new Conservative Party....Grab a cigar!)
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To: FFranco
The US should withdraw from the UN, NATO and all other entangling alliances that try to limit what we can do.

AMEN!

38 posted on 02/06/2008 12:44:51 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (Don't blame me - I voted for Fred and am STILL a FredHead!)
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To: NEMDF
Just kill them.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

39 posted on 02/06/2008 12:44:55 PM PST by expatguy (Write In and Support - John Bolton - For President)
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To: SmithL

Does anyone here remember the U.N. making this much of a commotion at all about the treatment of U.S. POWs in Vietnam? I don’t.


40 posted on 02/06/2008 12:45:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (That's right John McStain, you'll get my vote when you peel it from my cold dead fingers.)
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