Mukasey Refuses To Call Waterboarding Torture, Liberals Cry

October 30, 2007 · Filed Under Terrorists

In an effort to quell growing doubts in the Senate about his nomination as attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey declared Tuesday that waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques “seem over the line or, on a personal basis, repugnant to me” and promised to review the legality of such methods if confirmed.

But Mr. Mukasey told Senate Democrats he could not say whether waterboarding, which simulates drowning, was illegal torture because he had not been briefed on the details of the classified technique and did not want to suggest that Central Intelligence Agency officers who had used such techniques might be in “personal legal jeopardy.”

Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said he was unsatisfied with Mukasey’s response to the waterboarding issue.

“I remain very concerned that Judge Mukasey finds himself unable to state unequivocally that waterboarding is illegal and below the standards and values of the United States,” Leahy said.

Of course the far left blogosphere has been raging about Mukeasey’s refusal to call waterboarding torture. I think it says a lot that the biggest priority for Democrats in the War on Terror is making sure terrorists don’t get scared.

The thought of a terrorist in some CIA prison scared that he could drown unless he tells what he knows is causing Democrats to break into cold sweats in the middle of the night.

They always argue that we have to reclaim our moral authority in the world. We can’t waterboard people, because other countries might think bad things about us. When did the Democrats all of the sudden become the beacon of morality?

This is the party that supports taking god out of everything and federally funded abortion anytime, and now they’re suddenly the morality police?

What this really shows is that the long running perception that Democrats are weak on National Security is in fact valid. Their biggest concern is not getting information out of the terrorist, but making sure we’re not too mean. They don’t want terrorists to be deprived of sleep or get too hot or cold.

-Chris Jones