Waterboarding Is Torture, Holder Tells Senators
Posted on January 18th, 2009
Washington Post – 16 January 2009
… Holder, a former judge and U.S. attorney in the District, sidestepped Republican efforts to define him by his past mistakes, acknowledging errors but stressing points of agreement rather than political differences. In his comments about counterterrorism, for example, he indicated his support for several provisions of a domestic wiretapping law and promised to consider the ongoing threat posed by nearly 250 detainees at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/16/ST2009011600560.html (text and video)
