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2. She is absolutely correct. Waterboarding is torture and illegal. Period. End of sentence...except

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 02:57 PM

Jan 2015

it should be prosecuted as such and hasn't been.

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Obama Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch: Waterboarding is torture and it is illegal [View all] Cali_Democrat Jan 2015 OP

She's still fine with civil forfeiture, though. cloudbase Jan 2015 #1

A personal view or a professional commitment?? HereSince1628 Jan 2015 #3

Did she identify the statutes under which it is criminal? Vattel Jan 2015 #4

It's sad this this is a headline in 2015. n/t winter is coming Jan 2015 #5

Can we now expect indictments and trials for the torturers and their bosses? Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #6

That's the question I'd like to see asked BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #8

You mean marions ghost Jan 2015 #11

No, but we will probably see more MJ arrests. CrispyQ Feb 2015 #13

And people involved in such things in the past should be prosecuted? n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #7

Except when the President does it, right? Octafish Jan 2015 #9

Tell it to Obama. He's pre-occupied with "looking forward." blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #10

Thank Loretta Lynch Cha Jan 2015 #12

when she is confirmed it will be her duty to presecute. spanone Feb 2015 #14

Well duh. The real question is will she prosecute Bush regime? on point Feb 2015 #15