Our Waterboarding Wasn’t Torture Because Feet Were Elevated
In an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace pointed out that the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s use of torture had revealed techniques including a “series of near drownings,” sleep deprivation, and unnecessary “rectal feedings.”
“Isn’t that torture by any definition?” Wallace asked.
“No,” Rove insisted. “Let’s get the rectal feedings out. In this report, there are nine references on 14 pages to rectal feedings. And four of those five, it is the result of a hunger strike by the detainee.”
Rove asserted that waterboarding, slapping detainees, and solitary confinement were also “carefully designed.”
“The tests were, do they involved severe pain or suffering or do they involve severe and prolonged mental pain or suffering?” he opined. “And in each instance, these procedures were designed so that they would not pass those barriers.”
“Take, for example, waterboarding,” Rove continued. “In waterboarding — unlike World War II, where the Japanese attempted to drown people by basically pouring water in their mouths — here the feet were elevated so there’s little or not chance of any fluid getting into the lungs. And very careful standards set in place so these would help break the the resistance of the detainee without placing their life in danger.”
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Jimmy Cahill December 15th, 2014 at 09:25
I’m not sure how people like Rove continue to get media attention, or why anybody even listens to anything he says. He has been wrong about everything over the last decade or so.
Jimmy Cahill December 15th, 2014 at 10:25
I’m not sure how people like Rove continue to get media attention, or why anybody even listens to anything he says. He has been wrong about everything over the last decade or so.
William December 15th, 2014 at 10:15
Lets just hope that the GOP and Fox spews continues to seek out Karl as the go to guy. .
fahvel December 15th, 2014 at 13:12
what’s really bad is that he is absolutely honest here!!!! It’s empire and all the little folks, as of yore too, work for the nourishment of the king.
William December 15th, 2014 at 11:15
Lets just hope that the GOP and Fox spews continues to seek out Karl as the go to guy. .
fahvel December 15th, 2014 at 14:12
what’s really bad is that he is absolutely honest here!!!! It’s empire and all the little folks, as of yore too, work for the nourishment of the king.
rat618 December 15th, 2014 at 10:33
and now you have John Yoo saying the CIA might have gone too far and that some of it could be called torture….look out Bush your support team is beginning to crumble and the rats are trying to protect their ass while yours and Cheney’s are left open.
rat618 December 15th, 2014 at 11:33
and now you have John Yoo saying the CIA might have gone too far and that some of it could be called torture….look out Bush your support team is beginning to crumble and the rats are trying to protect their ass while yours and Cheney’s are left open.
fahvel December 15th, 2014 at 13:10
use a red banner headline when one, just one of these bastards is arrested tried and convicted and sent into a dark concrete cell. otherwise this is all just blshit stuff to keep the energy high.
fahvel December 15th, 2014 at 14:10
use a red banner headline when one, just one of these bastards is arrested tried and convicted and sent into a dark concrete cell. otherwise this is all just blshit stuff to keep the energy high.
Bunya December 15th, 2014 at 14:06
Yes, turdblossom, it was a gesture of compassion. Who knows? One of the detainees may have had diabetes. And it’s especially helpful to keep one’s feet elevated after they’ve been tethered to a concrete wall in 20 degree weather for days, and just before water boarding.
Bunya December 15th, 2014 at 15:06
Yes, turdblossom, it was a gesture of compassion. Who knows? One of the detainees may have had diabetes. And it’s especially helpful to keep one’s feet elevated after they’ve been tethered to a concrete wall in 20 degree weather for days, and just before water boarding.