Thinkprogress:
Today in his nomination hearing to be Deputy Attorney General, Mark Filip refused to explicitly say whether he believed waterboarding to be torture. He told Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) that he found the interrogation technique “repugnant,” but couldn’t answer without taking “a long hard look at” the information:
KENNEDY: The key question is what constitutes torture. So the question that Judge Mukasey would say nothing at all on that question. So the same question to you: Do you consider waterboarding torture.
MARK FILIP: Senator, speaking personally, I consider waterboarding to be repugnant as it’s been reported in any of its various iterations. […]
That said, the Attorney General of the United States is presently reviewing that legal question. He determined that he wanted to have access to the classified information and memos about it. I don’t think I can or anyone who could be potentially considered to be his deputy could get out in front of him on that question while it’s under review.
Kennedy continued to press Filip, expressing surprise that he was dodging the issue:
I must say, everyone is familiar with the challenges that were out there for Mr. Mukasey when he refused to give an answer on that, and we thought you’d be able to give a response to this. You’ve been a judge, made the decisions, know what the issues are. It’s not a complicated issue in question, and it seems to be that you ought to be able to respond to it.
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Mark is using the Mikie script given by Dick. No nothing and act stupid just get the job. Look there are enough Bush/Cheney suck ups to get Mark what he wants. Just ask Diane and Chuck who do as the Republicans tell them just as long as the pay offs keep coming in. Diane's husband is raking in big bucks from the White House contracts so she knows what to do. At lease Bush wont have to fly for a meeting with Diane to give her the orders from Dick on how to vote.
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