Director Brennan: CIA Won't Waterboard Again — Even if Ordered by Future President
Source: NBC News
CIA Director John Brennan told NBC News in an exclusive interview that his agency will not engage in harsh "enhanced interrogation" practices, including waterboarding, which critics call torture even if ordered to by a future president.
"I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," Brennan said.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said that if elected president, he'd authorize the use of waterboarding which was banned in 2009. Trump said the technique, considered torture under international law, and other methods he characterized as "a hell of a lot worse" would be used to extract information from potential terrorists.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is gaining on Trump in some polls, has said he does not consider waterboarding to be torture. He said he would "not bring it back in any sort of widespread use." But as commander-in-chief he would "use whatever enhanced interrogation methods to keep this country safe."
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/director-brennan-cia-won-t-waterboard-again-even-if-ordered-n553756
sofa king
(10,857 posts)chapdrum
(930 posts)who authorized spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee?
Why isn't that a (chuckle) crime?
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Then USA! USA! USA!
revbones
(3,660 posts)Why wouldn't they just replace him with someone that would do those things if he won't?
It's not a solution saying he won't agree regardless of who is President. Saying "Hey, we won't do it again" doesn't help either. The solution would be to clean house and jail some people for violating human rights and make a clear stance it isn't tolerated by us at all, ever.
Archae
(46,335 posts)"All those who believe that, stand on their heads!" -Col Blake
Journeyman
(15,036 posts)if he didn't know it was wrong before, he's an idiot. If he knew it was proscribed and did it anyways, he's guilty of crimes against humanity. Either way, mealy-mouth sell-outs like this schlub will whore themselves to any one who asks, let alone someone who "ordered him" to simply be himself. These kinds of false statements make the grandkids feel good. The rest of us judge him by his actions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O._Brennan
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)never will.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)is a liar and will always be one. I don't believe anything he says.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)I love that gif on the left in your sig line!!
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)It's great isn't it. Whenever I watch it I laugh. Feel free to use it.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)And that's what Trump will do. Create his own private army, separate from the US military. This force would be made up of thugs (disproportionately white men with man boobs) chosen for their unquestioned loyalty to the Leader.
chapdrum
(930 posts)All private armies.
Remember the stat that in some theaters, private army contractors outnumbered U.S. (actual) soldiers, and were/are higher paid, too.
Bush Syndicate: Been there, done that.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)The first recruiting center
DetroitSocialist83
(169 posts)FairWinds
(1,717 posts)and the Joint Chiefs?
Please keep in mind that most of the torture was done by
the US military, not the CIA.
And the poster above is also correct to highlight the role of
private contractors - i.e., mercenaries
phazed0
(745 posts)providing valuable intel for the war against terror!
Yavin4
(35,441 posts)In fact, he'll probably have his own private army.
IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)someone will make sure it happens.
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Iggo
(47,558 posts)Come on, Brennan. Say the words.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)is a ploy to make us assume they are not still doing it today.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Because everyone knows you can trust the good folks at the CIA.
Fred Drum
(293 posts)i could go for an XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito
extra guacamole
Bad Dog
(2,025 posts)That's right up there with Neville Chamberlain's I have a piece of paper.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)Trump will bring in someone less concerned with niceties. Torquemada.