Stevens Witness: FBI Inquiry Was Like "mental Waterboarding"

[JonLP24]

Source: CBS

(The Politico) Everyone is waiting for Ted Stevens to take the witness stand today, but one of his friends provided perhaps the most peculiar quote of the trial.

Testifying Thursday morning about an initial FBI inquiry, Stevens' neighbor Bob Persons said he invited two FBI agents into his house when they wanted to discuss the now infamous renovations to Stevens' "chalet" in Girdwood, Alaska.

To say the least, Persons didn't like the FBI agent's style.

"That was the most hateful guy I've ever met in my life," Persons told the courtroom, laughing a bit on the witness stand. "That made me understand why there might be a lot of innocent people in prison."

Persons said he found the questions confusing and circuitous, making him wonder whether he was asking the questions or whether it was the FBI doing the inquiry.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4526044.shtml

[damntexdem]

1. Not to quibble, but wouldn't "mental waterboarding" be brain-washing?

;-)

Nobody I know of ever said that one will enjoy being questioned by the FBI.