DoJ official tested waterboarding on himself


	DoJ official tested waterboarding on himself

jklugman

11-2-2007 8:57 PM

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daniel levin, bush administration, torture, waterboarding, doj, justice-dept

jklugman says:

Not surprisingly, Daniel Levin was forced out of the Justice Dept. when Alberto Gonzalez became AG.

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11-3-2007 1:12 PM

egoldstein

Better to be in denial by not knowing the facts, than gather the facts and have to defend torturing people.

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