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The sad decline of Michael Mukasey
His reputation for integrity was meant to restore credibility to the Justice Department. Instead, his remarks on waterboarding show that he, like Alberto Gonzales, has let the White House call the shots.
By Sidney Blumenthal [2007-11-01]

  • I hope...

    I hope that Democratic senators on the judiciary committee absolutely insist that every nominee for attorney general put forward by Bush declare that waterboarding amounts to torture. No human being who disagrees with that statement deserves to be attorney general.

    This is a great way for Democrats to sock it to Bush, over and over again. No Bush nominee can say he/she thinks waterboarding is torture, because then, as AG, s/he would have to start prosecuting. But I suspect most Americans don't want their government to torture either, so the Democrats are likely to have the support of the people if they keep insisting on an anti-waterboarding nominee. Such a nominee is likely to be independent of Bush, so the Democrats win no matter what.

    That is, they win *if* they don't cave, as is their habit, and approve Bush's minion anyway.

    -- Saleem
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    Thursday, November 1, 2007 08:23 AM
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