"My Head Exploded When Obama Sanctimoniously Said, 'We Tortured Some Folks'"

[muriel_volestrangler]

141. No, there's nothing about it being people "doing what they were basically told to do"

It was a question about John Brennan.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president

He was deputy executive director of the CIA from March 2001, then Terrorist Threat Integration Center from 2003 to 2004, then director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Obama says he has full confidence in him, then brings in "our law enforcement and our national security teams", but doesn't say anything about them just doing what they were told. He is talking about the decisions they made.

You started this sub-thread with:

"People upset over the word "folks" are about as disingenious as it gets.

I say folks all the time. Its part of my regular vocabulary and always has been. Get the fuck over it. "

You're in no position to say "don't lecture me". You told us to get the fuck over it. No, we will not get the fuck over torture. You need lecturing.