Sessions opposed law banning waterboarding
And yet he claims to know the Constitution.
Click here for reuse options!During the 2016 election forcing the law, he indicated a willingness to resist the president-elect.
During the 2016 election campaign Trump said waterboarding, which simulates drowning and is widely regarded as torture, was an effective technique and vowed to bring it back and make it “a hell of a lot worse.”
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, a close ally of Trump’s and his nominee to be attorney general, told a Senate confirmation hearing that the law was “not the right step” and should not have applied to the “higher ups” in the military and intelligence community.
However with his remarks on enforcing the law, he indicated a willingness to resist the president-elect.
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amersham1046 January 10th, 2017 at 16:00
the law was “not the right step” and should not have applied to the “higher ups” in the military and intelligence community, One law for them and another for the unwashed masses