Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Ashcroft: I’m Willing To Be Waterboarded.

Thinkprogress:

Last night, former Attorney General John Ashcroft
delivered an address on national security at the University of Colorado. The event was marked by heated protests. About 20 student protesters wearing “shirts with ’shame’ written on the backs and wearing American flags over their faces, welcomed Ashcroft to the stage by standing up and turning their backs to him.”

During the speech, Ashcroft caused an uproar when he declared Guantanamo Bay was a “good place” for detainees. In addition, he defended the torture tactic of waterboarding:

Ashcroft also responded to questions from the audience. The first question came from a woman who asked if Ashcroft would be willing to be subjected to waterboarding.

“The things that I can survive, if it were necessary to do them to me, I would do,” he said.

And this comment is coming from a clown that never been in the military...

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Now this man is lucky to be live and he would be waterboarded. Ya right and if he was told let's go he would have a heart attack to get out of going. Ashcroft is saying that because he knows his health condition wouldn't allow him to be waterboard and any thing that puts him in stressful condition. He is ok with lobbing and stealing that's the best he can do.