Boehner drops the t-bomb (tries to blame it on liberals)

[ProSense]

Boehner drops the t-bomb.

In a press conference today, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) broke with the Republican practice of referring to the Bush administration's torture practices as "enhanced" or "harsh" interrogation techniques. As Ryan Grim notes, Boehner described the recently released OLC memos as outlining "torture techniques":

BOEHNER: Last week, they released these memos outlining torture techniques. That was clearly a political decision and ignored the advice of their Director of National Intelligence and their CIA director.

Watch it:

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Shortly thereafter, Boehner's spokesperson Michael Steel e-mailed Grim, saying, "It is clear from the context that Boehner was simply using liberals' verbiage to describe these interrogation techniques. The United States does not torture." Earlier this week, when asked by CNS News if the US government did the right thing in waterboarding Khalid Sheik Mohammad, Boehner punted: “I don’t know, you’ll have to ask (the CIA)."

[Thrill]

1. He admitted it was torture

[ErinBerin84]

2. Nice save, Steel

Not.

[Cha]

7. One of the many things steele isn't

good at is "saving" something stupid the republicons come up with.

[Life Long Dem]

3. MSM is at as well.

Who knows what frame they want to portray exactly, but you can bet it doesn't favor the President.

[firedupdem]

4. He said what he knows is true. It was torture. n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. I *heart* Michael Steel.

[Danger Mouse]

6. Boehner pulls a boner.

[ACTION BASTARD]

8. Defending torture are we?

How delicious is this?