Saturday, October 27, 2007

Giuliani on Whether Waterboarding is Tortune: "It Depends On Who Does It"

From The Caucus, a New York Times political blog:

Linda Gustitus, who is the president of a group called the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, began her question by saying that President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey (who happens to be an old friend of Mr. Giuliani’s) had “fudged” on the question of whether waterboarding is toture.

“I wanted to ask you two questions,’’ she said. “One, do you think waterboarding is torture? And two, do you think the president can order something like waterboarding even though it’s against U.S. and international law?’’

Mr. Giuliani responded: “O.K. First of all, I don’t believe the attorney general designate in any way was unclear on torture. I think Democrats said that; I don’t think he was.’’

Ms. Gustitus said: “He said he didn’t know if waterboarding is torture.”

Mr. Giuliani said: “Well, I’m not sure it is either. I’m not sure it is either. It depends on how it’s done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it."

Did he really say that?

Yes, it appears he did.

Video of the carnage is available at the Caucus link.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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1 comment:

  1. Joe FreshSaturday, October 27, 2007 4:47:00 pm

    That's an interesting way of viewing torture. Does this also apply to beatings?

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