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Congress should pass a new law prohibiting waterboarding.

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Waterboarding is torture and torture is unAmerican.

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2007

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Waterboarding need not be torture

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2007

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in a time of war, extreme measures must sometimes to be taken

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Nov 17

2007

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The fact that waterboarding is torture and un-American is not support for a new law when the current law is adequate to ban waterboarding.

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2007

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It would clarify the legal situation.

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The legal situation is clear. It's illegal.

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Nov 17

2007

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This false argument was raised, in part, to cover the real reason Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey refused to say waterboarding is torture.

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2007

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This false argument was also given to create an opportunity for amending the anti-torture statute to reduce Bush officials’ criminal liability.

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2007

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The legal situation is so clear that the Bush Department of Justice is prosecuting a man for torture right now using the current statute.

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