Posted on 05/10/2018 12:52:20 PM PDT by Trump20162020
During a discussion with host Charles Payne on Fox Business Network, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney was asked to opine on the criticism faced by Gina Haspel, who was grilled on Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee in her pursuit of confirmation for the top job at the CIA. Having played a role in the CIA’s interrogation/torture program during the 2000s, Haspel waffled a bit as Democratic senators pushed her on the morality of the methods, which are no longer in force.
McInerney was riding with Trump on this one: “It’s very simple to me, Charles. If we have some terrorists and the possibility of five nuclear weapons going off in U.S. cities, I want to use any method that will determine where they are, when it’s going to happen and how we can nullify them,” he said. “I’m not interested in values. I’m interested in saving a million American lives. It is very simple. And that kabuki that went on yesterday on the Senate intel committee by the Democratic members is the [inaudible] set of questions I’ve ever heard. And it ought to ensure all our viewers — never elect a Democrat again. ”
Payne noted that McCain himself, a Republican, had declined to endorse Haspel and asked McInerney how lawmakers should evaluate the nominee. “Well, she can’t use it anymore because we’ve determined — the Congress — that it’s not legal. The fact is, is John McCain — it worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John,’ ” said McInerney, who was appearing on the network as a guest, though he formerly served as a Fox News contributor.
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Mclame was a hero for flying over Vietnam.
That said, ANYONE held in Communist captivity
and subject to indoctrination has no place in
our political system except as a voter.
Question: How do we know he’s even still alive?
Of course if you can verify it you probably already have a better source.
“The fact is, is John McCain — it (torture) worked on John.”
There is that...
Should be engraved on his tombstone...
In the case of the bomb, you know he's telling the truth if the bomb is where he says.
For terrorists, you ask things like "How can we find person X?", "Where do you keep your stuff?", "How do we decode the messages you've been sending?", "What is the password to this iPhone?" -- things where you can look and see if his info checks out.
There's other methods. Ask the subject for lots of details. "Where did you meet X? Oh, it was a restaurant? What did you order? The restaurant was closed that day, you just earned more waterboarding".
Are you confident you can keep a false story straight, under stress? Remember all the false details you said after days of no sleep? Eventually, you will decide that only the truth will save you from bad experiences.
ouch! Songbird’s gonna have some sharp words for the Lt. Gen. ....
In what universe?
Near death everyone tells the truth...The sooner you get a raghead's testicles next to or encompassing, an acetylene torch flame, the sooner you get the absolute truth...
..Charles Payne just apologized on behalf of the network, calling the comments reprehensible. Guess the general will be banned—Fox is a deep state still...
Deep state shill
No they don’t. Near death people will say what they think will make them not near death. Friend of mine was an interrogator for the Army for over 20 years. He said step one of getting good information out of people was giving them a hot meal, a hot shower and clean clothes.
Problem with that kind of validation is you’re putting lives on the line. Which brings up the question of how many lives you’re willing to bet on the guy telling the truth vs whatever he needs to say to make the pain stop.
Unfortunately in the world of torture the truth doesn’t necessarily make things stop. The truth is messy, things aren’t remembered fully, things aren’t known fully, the guy can’t tell you what he doesn’t know. He’s actually much more likely to be able to give you a “whole” story that’s made up, he “knows” all the parts of that, he’s making them up. If you’re torturing a guy and he tells you the truth and you don’t believe him just once you’ve pushed him into fabrication land, he has no choice he needs the pain to stop.
I generally like Charles Payne (the Fox host) but later today he gave a chicken-shit disclaimer regarding the General’s remarks. I really respect the General for echoing my low regard for the no-name traitor.
McCain was the only POW of the North Veitnames to gain wait while under their control.
ouch
I saw it . Couldn’t believe someone finally had the guts to say it !
The NVM and Japs on PT-109
What bad aim changed history for the worst
Let us just say that JM took off in a few more aircraft than he returned to starting point with or a ‘safe’ touchdown.
Probably a VERY good argument in had it not been for McStains Admiral Grandfather and Career Naval Officer Father, he probably would have washed out of the Academy.
And equally sure that without the ‘Rabbi(s)’ the only way he would have seen Pensacola was as a non Naval Aviator/Trainee.
History has already given us ‘Wrong Way Corrigan’, maybe they will grace us with
“ONE WAY MCCAIN”
Notice he seems to be ‘speaking’ more coherently now that he is on ‘Deaths Door’.... OR someone is dropping timely quotes to keep stirring the pot.
WHY aren’t the citizens of AZ not raising hell over not being represented in the US Senate? The cowardly SOB is trying to live up to the Self-Imposed(??) ‘Maverick’ label.
OUCH!!!
Hee hee hee.
BTTT.
Pics, thousand words.
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