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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Debra J. Saunders :: Townhall.com Columnist
Los Angeles or Waterboarding?
by Debra J. Saunders
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And: Once "enhanced techniques" were used on KSM, interrogations "led to the discovery of a KSM plot, the 'Second Wave,' … to use East Asian operatives to crash a hijacked airliner' into a building in Los Angeles."

Do I like waterboarding? No, but it is not life threatening; in extreme cases, I can live with it. And I'll take waterboarding over a 9/11 in Los Angeles any day.

One last point: The Navy has used waterboarding in training. Obama put a stop to the "enhanced" techniques because he believes they have tarnished America's image abroad, which makes Americans less safe. People of goodwill can disagree on that point.

But when Obama opened the door for his attorney general to prosecute Bush lawyers, that flip-flop told U.S. intelligence and law enforcement operatives that Obama's assurances cannot be trusted. That can't be good for America's safety.

Former California Gov. Pete Wilson, who served on the Bush Defense Policy Board, was appalled. "If they try to prosecute that, that should spark mass resignations in the government," he told me Tuesday.

As for Obama, Wilson said, "This is a guy who was teaching law. Good God."

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Reply # 1
Date: Apr 25, 2009 - 9:41 AM EST
IF THIS IS A MORAL ISSUE:
Why not require the CIA to divulge "torture" techniques used during Clinton's tenure? You know, make it "bipartisan."

Because it's not about morality, it's about Bush.

On second thought, it probably would be useless, since Sandy Berger could be sent in (again) to destroy evidence and be penalized with just another slap on the wrist.
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Date: Apr 24, 2009 - 10:27 PM EST
the inevitable nuclear attack
will ocurr because our enemies hate us, and now they do not fear us. liberals, think of this. when your friends and relatives have been murdered in the nuclear attack, will you still think that waterboarding is "torture", and will you still think it is a good idea to publicly emasculate our security services to pursue political goals? the issue of "torture" should never have been discussed publicly, and anyone who has contributed is a traitor. if they can prosecute lawyers who gave the "wrong" advice, think what is going to happen to the traitors who made the nuclear bombing of america inevitable. america will not always be ruled by cowards, even if it takes a nuclear attack to get rid of them.
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