The Osterley Times: Condi Rice Pulls a Nixon: If the President Orders Torture, It Must be Legal.

Friday, May 01, 2009

Condi Rice Pulls a Nixon: If the President Orders Torture, It Must be Legal.

God help us.

Condi:

"The president instructed us that nothing we would do would be outside of our obligations, legal obligations under the Convention Against Torture... The United States was told, we were told, nothing that violates our obligations under the Convention Against Torture, and so by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention Against Torture." - Condi Rice.

Nixon:

How did that defence work out for Nixon by the way?

Here's the entire interview the young man did with Condi, in all her patronising glory.

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