Here's a big surprise. Bush's nominee to replace disgraced Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is either lying or amazingly poorly informed. After assuring the Senate Judiciary committee that he believed torture was unconstitutional and that he'd resign if the president ever ordered him to commit an unconstitutional act, nominee Michael Mukasey claimed to not know what waterboarding is.
Never mind that this technique has been in the news for literally years, he has no idea what goes on in waterboarding, so he can't say whether or not it's actually torture. "I don't know what's involved in the technique," Mukasey told the committee. "If waterboarding is torture, torture is not constitutional."
Democrats found it "surprising that you are unfamiliar with waterboarding since it has been the subject of much public discussion" and said so in a letter to Mukasey. There's always this point in any hearing with a Bushie -- be it a nominee, a witness, or an accused lawbreaker -- the point where they make a statement so ridiculous that it can't possibly be true.
Here's what I'd do in this situation; I'd take him at his word...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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