Pence doesnt rule out reviving waterboarding under Trump administration

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

In his first round of Sunday show interviews since the election, Vice President-elect Mike Pence did not rule out the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump would reinstate waterboarding as an interrogation technique during his administration.

On CBS Sunday, “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson brought up Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and his comments Saturday at the Halifax International Security Forum. At a panel discussion there, McCain vehemently insisted that any attempt to bring back waterboarding, which simulates drowning, would be quickly challenged in court, the Associated Press reported.

Dickerson pointed out to Pence that Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, whom Trump plans to nominate as director of the CIA, supports Trump’s position that waterboarding should be reinstated.

Dickerson then played a clip of McCain’s remarks at the Halifax summit from Saturday.

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[elleng]

1. McCain warns Trump on torture, waterboarding.

'Republican Sen. John McCain issued a fiery warning to President-elect Donald Trump on the subject of torture Saturday.

“I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do. We will not waterboard,” McCain told an audience at the annual Halifax International Security Forum. “We will not torture people … It doesn’t work.”'>>>

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/john-mccain-trump-torture-waterboarding-231668

[Initech]

6. Holy crap, I never thought I would agree with McCain on something!

[elleng]

7. He occasionally gets something right.

He does have to be watched.

[LuckyLib]

2. They don't waste any time, do they? Off and running with their clown-car craziness.

The Trump pResidency will be characterized by:

* What, me worry?
* I don't care what the people want.
* I do what I want, when I want.
* You have a problem with that?
* Kiss my ass, I'm the pResident now.

[lastlib]

5. (you left out "F*CK the law!!")

Nixon: "If the President does it, then it's not illegal." . . . . . .

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[LuckyLib]

10. Yes. That one as well!

[Thinkingabout]

3. It seems reasonable to me before waterboarding is ordered it should be experienced by those

Who order this. John McCain is right on this issue.

[Turbineguy]

4. But it will be OK because

they will only use it on Americans.

[JonLP24]

8. I'm going to start bookmarking their crimes

With the people they're rolling out and Donald Trump's long history of legal troubles we should expect that to continue.

Everytime I see a crime or conspiracy to commit crime I'm going to bookmark the thread starting with this one.

[Judi Lynn]

12. It will be a crowded file before his/Republicans' war against the innocents is finished. n/t

[Politicub]

9. They said they would do this

America is going to become an ugly place, and very soon.

[NastyRiffraff]

11. Pence is such a good Christian!

He'd never support anything that was wrong!

[turbinetree]

13. Doesn't this "christian bigot" have a son in the military

and if by some chance he gets deployed over seas in the next war that is coming, and lets say gets captured, and they water board him, what does this right wing bigot say then.

[Solly Mack]

14. Imagine that.

[truthisfreedom]

15. Because it was just so successful under bush!

I only support waterboarding if the people approve it for use are subjected to it daily as a reminder of what it really is.