Or she and the Dems could just admit that a tough interrogation is not torture, that in war-time your intelligence agencies have to do whatever it takes to obtain information and if you’ve sent these men into war you have a responsibility to stand behind them whichever way the political winds blow. They could just admit that and we could move on.
when you are a liberal democrat representative from the people’s republic of marin county, and CBS News doesn’t buy your line . . . you are in serious, SERIOUS trouble.
“...Andrew Cohen is CBS News’ Chief Legal Analyst and Legal Editor...”
It should read: “Andrew Cohen is CBS News’ Chief LIBERAL Legal Analyst and LIBERAL Legal Editor”. This item (read the whole thing) could just as easily have been written by a spokesperson for the ACLU.
Exactly. Only the opposite. They were doing the job they were asked to doresearch and argumentby the decision-making body of which she was an influential member. The responsibility is squarely hers.
Not that a dip in the CIA swimming pool, upside-down, is actually torture. If they keep their limbs and fingernails, it's not torture.