Waterboarding: We Won’t Let This One Go
By SusanUnPC on November 8, 2007 at 1:35 PM in Torture
EVENING UPDATE: Thanks to PBS Newshour, we get a clip of SR. CPO. MALCOLM NANCE (Ret.), the Navy SEAL who taught POW interrogation methods, testifying today before a House committee. AND PBS Newshour interviews Malcolm Nance! WTG, PBS! (That link takes you to both the video/audio and the full transcript.) AND you can ask Malcolm Nance questions at the PBS Newshour site.
AFTERNOON UPDATE: My senator, Patty Murray, has issued a powerful statement that she will not vote for Mukasey’s confirmation. It is a must-read in full (and I posted it in the comments here), but a couple key themes are “Now, more than ever, the Attorney General needs to be the people’s lawyer, not the President’s lawyer. The Attorney General should be independent enough to stand up for the American people and say “No” to the President. And I am concerned that Judge Mukasey’s testimony shows that he is unwilling to be that voice.” and “Judge Mukasey’s refusal to recognize waterboarding as an act of torture and to say outright that it is illegal is of particular concern. …” (HEY, KEITH: GET SEN. MURRAY ON COUNTDOWN!)
MEMO TO LARRY: Have you, or other signers, received any kind of response from the Senate Judiciary Committee to your superb letter asking for a hold on Mukasey’s confirmation as attorney general? If so, what did they say to you?
NAVY SEAL INSTRUCTOR ON WATERBOARDING: “Former Navy Interrogator Tells Congress Waterboarding Technique Should Be Banned“: In case you missed the story I posted yesterday about Malcolm Wrightson Nance, a former Navy instructor of prisoner of war and terrorist hostage survival programs, his testimony is now complete, and detailed in this new wire story.
LEAHY KEEPS ON KEEPING ON: “November 15 marks the one year anniversary of Sen. Pat Leahy’s first letter to the White House requesting documents on U.S. torture policy. A year later, Leahy is still sending letters and the White House is still stonewalling.” (TPM)
JOE GALLOWAY ON WATERBOARDING: “Memo to Media: I Witnessed ‘Waterboarding’ — And, Yes, It is Torture ”
Forgive the interruption: MSNBC is showing us the vastly more important live hearing for O. J. Simpson in Las Vegas. I’m sure that’s far more valuable than showing us the video of Navy SEAL instructor Malcolm Nance before the House today. (I’d try CNN, but it’s probably the same drivel.)


















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