Mukasey World
Apparently the nomination of Mike Mukasey for Attorney General has run into a snag over his refusal to acknowledge that waterboarding is torture. Actually Mukasey’s response to a simple question is torture. Of course the Senate Judiciary committee may choose to bring Mr. Mukasey back in for more questioning. I imagine it might go something like this:
Senator Leahy: Good morning Judge Mukasey, how are you today?
Mr. Mukasey: It would be inappropriate for me to discuss specifics with regard to my overall health at this time. I can assure that once I become Attorney General, I will speak with all of the doctors on my staff and if necessary go through a complete medical evaluation. After I have gathered enough evidence to determine how I am, I will provide this committee with a comprehensive report on the matter once I have reviewed it with the President. The United States does not torture.
Senator Leahy: Ok. Can I at least assume that you’re feeling well enough to testify?
Mr. Mukasey: While I have no reason to believe that I’m not feeling well enough to testify, I can not in good conscience tell you that I am indeed feeling well enough to testify. The question requires me to consider information which is not available to me at this moment. I can tell you that if it turns out that I am in fact feeling well enough; then in that case I would be able to testify. Naturally I would also need to brief Administration officials on how I am feeling. I must point out to you that Congress has never passed any laws indicating how I am feeling. By the way, torture is personally abhorrent to me. It’s worse than brutal and barbaric, it’s naughty.
Senator Leahy: I gather from your testimony thus far that you will not be providing a straight answer to any questions today.
Mr. Mukasey: It would be inappropriate for me to speculate about the nature of my testimony before I have actually completed such testimony. The United States does not torture.
torture, waterboarding, Mukasey, Attorney General, Senate, Senator Leahy, Senate Judiciary committee
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:15 am
Sounds scarier than the ghosts in my grandmother’s house. Apparently Halloween is not over.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:11 am
Sadly, I suppose only those of us who still think for ourselves and still possess a sense of right and wrong — in other words, those of us outside the Bush/Cheney regime and its supporters — see the issue of waterboarding in its hideous and true light.