Re: What About Mukasy\'s Position on Waterboarding?
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And the way to accomplish this goal is to have a litmus test about a specific interrogation technique? That's the same thing, but less effective and less productive.
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IIRC, the President signed into a law a ban on torture. Congress has the right to determine whether Mukasy will enforce the ban. The reason for the litmus test (which it isn't because he's going to be confirmed anyway), is that Congress wants to get a handle on what Mukasy's views on torture are and send a signal to the DOJ that Congress expects a strict interpretation of the torture ban.
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