Lieberman: Obama releasing OLC torture memos 'helps our enemies.'
In an interview Monday with Fox News's Greta Van Susteren, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) panned President Obama's recent release of Bush-era OLC memos approving torture. "I thought release of the memos was a bad idea," Lieberman said. "It wasn't necessary. It just helps our enemies. It doesn't really help us." Lieberman then said waterboarding should always be on the table:
Q: First of all, is waterboarding torture?
LIEBERMAN: Well, I take a minority position on this. Most people think it's definitely torture. The truth is, it has mostly a psychological impact on people. It's a terrible thing to do. ... I want the president of the United States in a given circumstance where we believe somebody we've got in our control may have information that could help us stop an attack, an imminent attack on the United States like 9/11 or, god forbid, worse, we ought to be able to use something like waterboarding.
Lieberman said he does "believe General Hayden" in that waterboarding "really did work" to prevent terrorist attacks
In an interview Monday with Fox News's Greta Van Susteren, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) panned President Obama's recent release of Bush-era OLC memos approving torture. "I thought release of the memos was a bad idea," Lieberman said. "It wasn't necessary. It just helps our enemies. It doesn't really help us." Lieberman then said waterboarding should always be on the table:
Q: First of all, is waterboarding torture?
LIEBERMAN: Well, I take a minority position on this. Most people think it's definitely torture. The truth is, it has mostly a psychological impact on people. It's a terrible thing to do. ... I want the president of the United States in a given circumstance where we believe somebody we've got in our control may have information that could help us stop an attack, an imminent attack on the United States like 9/11 or, god forbid, worse, we ought to be able to use something like waterboarding.
Lieberman said he does "believe General Hayden" in that waterboarding "really did work" to prevent terrorist attacks
Epic Fail: O'Reilly tries his hand at comedy
Bill O'Reilly must be feeling a bit sensitive these days about the ongoing mockery of his work over at Comedy Central in the form of Jon Stewart's Daily Show and Stephen Colbert's show, which is essentially a running parody of O'Reilly anyway.
Bill O'Reilly must be feeling a bit sensitive these days about the ongoing mockery of his work over at Comedy Central in the form of Jon Stewart's Daily Show and Stephen Colbert's show, which is essentially a running parody of O'Reilly anyway.
Last night, he even deigned to respond -- first, to Stewart, with smug, self-serving BS, and then to Colbert by attempting comedy. Which, as you can see, might be funny to someone with long-term dementia, but otherwise ... well, Bill, don't quit your day job.
Actually, the self-serving crap was really quite funny:
O'Reilly: Like Mr. Stewart, we like to poke a little fun -- but we're not hateful. Unlike Jon, we give the entire story, because our audience wants that.
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