Director Brennan: CIA Won't Waterboard Again — Even if Ordered by Future President

[IDemo]

Source: NBC News

CIA Director John Brennan told NBC News in an exclusive interview that his agency will not engage in harsh "enhanced interrogation" practices, including waterboarding, which critics call torture — even if ordered to by a future president.

"I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," Brennan said.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said that if elected president, he'd authorize the use of waterboarding which was banned in 2009. Trump said the technique, considered torture under international law, and other methods he characterized as "a hell of a lot worse" would be used to extract information from potential terrorists.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is gaining on Trump in some polls, has said he does not consider waterboarding to be torture. He said he would "not bring it back in any sort of widespread use." But as commander-in-chief he would "use whatever enhanced interrogation methods to keep this country safe."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-brennan-cia-won-t-waterboard-again-even-if-ordered-n553756

[sofa king]

1. Oh, they'll do it for The Don.

[chapdrum]

2. Wasn't this the character

who authorized spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee?

Why isn't that a (chuckle) crime?

[Lint Head]

3. Wave the flag. Cue applause. Rebel yells.

Then USA! USA! USA!

[revbones]

4. Isn't the CIA Director appointed by the President?

Why wouldn't they just replace him with someone that would do those things if he won't?

It's not a solution saying he won't agree regardless of who is President. Saying "Hey, we won't do it again" doesn't help either. The solution would be to clean house and jail some people for violating human rights and make a clear stance it isn't tolerated by us at all, ever.

[Archae]

5. SUUUURRREEE he won't!

"All those who believe that, stand on their heads!" -Col Blake

[Journeyman]

6. Someone must have read Brennan the Tribunals' judgments. Shit . . .

if he didn't know it was wrong before, he's an idiot. If he knew it was proscribed and did it anyways, he's guilty of crimes against humanity. Either way, mealy-mouth sell-outs like this schlub will whore themselves to any one who asks, let alone someone who "ordered him" to simply be himself. These kinds of false statements make the grandkids feel good. The rest of us judge him by his actions.

Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the first Obama administration over concerns about his support for transferring terror suspects to countries where they may be tortured while serving under President George W. Bush. Instead, Brennan was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor, a position which did not require Senate confirmation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Brennan

[Bradical79]

7. Right, they'll just outsource the job -nt

[OnyxCollie]

29. +1 nt

[2naSalit]

8. Never trusted him

never will.

[Iggo]

20. Of course not. He's a spy!

[2naSalit]

23. Of course!

[noretreatnosurrender]

9. Brennan

is a liar and will always be one. I don't believe anything he says.

[2naSalit]

24. I just have to say

I love that gif on the left in your sig line!!

[noretreatnosurrender]

28. I Love It Too

It's great isn't it. Whenever I watch it I laugh. Feel free to use it.

[bluestateguy]

10. Trump would just have his own private Gestapo do it

And that's what Trump will do. Create his own private army, separate from the US military. This force would be made up of thugs (disproportionately white men with man boobs) chosen for their unquestioned loyalty to the Leader.

[chapdrum]

12. Blackwater, DynCorp, Triple Canopy...

All private armies.

Remember the stat that in some theaters, private army contractors outnumbered U.S. (actual) soldiers, and were/are higher paid, too.

Bush Syndicate: Been there, done that.

[2naSalit]

25. I can see it now...

The first recruiting center

[DetroitSocialist83]

11. Yeah right!!!!

[FairWinds]

13. Well that is nice, but what about the Sec of Defense . .

and the Joint Chiefs?

Please keep in mind that most of the torture was done by

the US military, not the CIA.

And the poster above is also correct to highlight the role of

private contractors - i.e., mercenaries

[phazed0]

14. .. and after all these years where waterboarding was an indispensable interrogation technique..

providing valuable intel for the war against terror!

[Rex]

15. WINK WINK

[Yavin4]

16. President Trump will just hire private contractors to do it

In fact, he'll probably have his own private army.

[IronLionZion]

17. Trump will appoint a new director and hire contractors

someone will make sure it happens.

[Iggo]

19. Because it's...?

Come on, Brennan. Say the words.

[Mr.Bill]

21. All this talking about whether or not they will do it in the future

is a ploy to make us assume they are not still doing it today.

[Dont call me Shirley]

22. ...

[Enthusiast]

26. Are we going to be the good guys? Wow!

[Feeling the Bern]

27. Ssssssssssssssssuuure they won't (wink, wink)

Because everyone knows you can trust the good folks at the CIA.

[Fred Drum]

30. can they still shove food up your ass

i could go for an XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito

extra guacamole

[Bad Dog]

31. As far as statements go

That's right up there with Neville Chamberlain's I have a piece of paper.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

32. Brennan, You're fired!

Trump will bring in someone less concerned with niceties. Torquemada.

[Gothmog]

33. Waterboarding is Torture... Period

[Calista241]

34. A new President will install his own CIA Director, and they'll do whatever it is they want. n/t