Mukasey's Nomination Runs Into Trouble
Mukasey's nomination has run into trouble over his refusal to say on the record whether or not he considers waterboarding to constitute torture.
Two top Senate Democrats said their votes hinge on whether he will say on the record that an interrogation technique that simulates drowning is torture.
"It's fair to say my vote would depend on him answering that question," Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., told reporters Thursday.
"This to me is the seminal issue," said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, another member of Leahy's panel. Asked if his vote depends on whether Mukasey equates waterboarding with torture, Durbin answered: "It does."
Leahy has refused to set a date for a vote on Mukasey's nomination until he clarifies his answer to that question.
Here's hoping that the Democrats grow a spine and refuse confirmation until Mukasey complies.
Or perhaps Mukasey can rely on the Giuliani definition of torture and simply claim it can't be torture because it's us doing it.
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