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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 09:16 AM Feb 2016

When you've lost John Yoo on waterboarding...



John Yoo, attorney and law professor who served in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department joined Kilmeade and Friends today to discuss recent comments made about waterboarding, agreeing with Ted Cruz and disagreeing with Donald Trump. Yoo weighed in on Trump’s stance, saying the point of waterboarding is not for punishment, but to get people talking to prevent future attacks. Yoo also talked about his new book Liberty’s Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the State and how government is growing at an alarming rate

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When you've lost John Yoo on waterboarding... (Original Post) kpete Feb 2016 OP
LMAO. Yeah, OK. Solly Mack Feb 2016 #1
I agree-when you lose Yoo you are in trouble Gothmog Feb 2016 #2
"The point of waterboarding is not for punishment" Orrex Feb 2016 #3

Gothmog

(145,274 posts)
2. I agree-when you lose Yoo you are in trouble
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:07 AM
Feb 2016

Yoo is a disgrace to the legal profession but even a broken clock is right twice a day

Orrex

(63,213 posts)
3. "The point of waterboarding is not for punishment"
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:16 AM
Feb 2016

He's right about that; the point of waterboarding is for torture.

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