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George W. Bush: I'd Waterboard 9/11 Mastermind Again 'To Save Lives'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyFormer President George W. Bush defended waterboarding of the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, saying he would do it all over again if the interrogation technique saved lives. Bush, in a candid appearance Wednesday night before the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, said "yeah, we waterboarded Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed. I'd do it again to save lives," the Grand Rapids Press reported. Sheikh Mohammed, who is awaiting federal trial on his behind-the-scenes role in 9/11, was reportedly waterboarded 183 times while in captivity in March 2003. The technique, simulating drowning, is ...
Republicans Clash With Attorney General Eric Holder Over Terror Trials
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTelling a Senate panel, "We need not cower in the face of this enemy," Attorney General Eric Holder testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that he decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other accused 9/11 masterminds in a civilian criminal court rather than a military tribunal because that is where he believes he has the best chance of convicting them. "I am a prosecutor," Holder said. "And as a prosecutor, my top priority was simply to select the venue where the government will have the greatest opportunity to present the strongest case and the best law." The top Republican on the Senate ...
Most Americans Say Accused 9/11 Mastermind Should Face a Military Court
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySixty-four percent of Americans disagree with the Obama administration's decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other co-conspirators in the Sept. 11 attacks in a civilian court in New York City instead of having them face a military tribunal while 34 percent support a trial in a civilian court, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted Nov. 13-15. Thirty=seven percent said the trial should take place in another country while the rest said it should be held somewhere in the U.S. "The decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in front of a civilian court is universally ...
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