The GOP has been attacking President Obama on a number of issues ranging from his economic stimulus to his backing of the ousted Honduran president. Obama had been criticized during his nomination process for not battling Hillary Clinton's negative ads. Some pundits deemed him too soft. This week the gloves were dropped with AG Eric Holder announcing that his staff would be seeking out information on the White House involvement with torture.
The first target; Dick Cheney.
The ex-VP has stated his views on torture on more than one occasion.
Most famously "I believe that waterboarding doesn’t fall under the Geneva Conventions and that it’s not a form of torture. But you know, it goes back to the Spanish Inquisition.”
One suspect was waterboarded over 100 times by the CIA.
They called it "water-boarding 101'.
The suspect talked each and every time, although he also lasted over two minutes twice.
I'm sure that Dick Cheney had seen tapes if not personally presided over torture session during his mysterious disappearances from Washington, so I'm all for the present AG going after him for crimes against humanity.
Go Get 'em.
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