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Mukasey on torture: "Torture is illegal under U.S. statute"
On a day which saw Dzhokhar Tsarnaev formally charged by the Justice Department, on Monday evening, "Piers Morgan Live" invited former Attorney General Mike Mukasey to the program to give his insight and perspective on the legalities of prosecuting an American citizen for terrorism on American soil.
"There shouldn't really be much of a debate," said Mukasey on the issue. "The statute that sets up the military commissions that we have now, makes it unlawful to try an American citizen in front of them."
In response to calls for the right to torture Tsarnaev for the purpose of extracting intelligence pertaining to homeland security Mukasey replied, "We don't torture. Torture is illegal under U.S. statute."
Watch the clip, and listen to the interview, as Mukasey tells Morgan, "There is nothing to stop the President from sending in a group of people, be they FBI agents or defense intelligence agency people or military people to interrogate him [Tsarnaev] in any fashion short of something illegal."
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Banding all Pressure Cooker! How many people have to die before we band them in this UNCIVILIZED backward country he sream at us? Obama, saying to us they hold to there faith and pressure cooker’s.
"Banding all Pressure Cooker! How many people have to die before we band them in this UNCIVILIZED backward country he sream at us? Obama, saying to us they hold to there faith and pressure cooker’s."
Come again?
Max... Come again?
GOOD FOR YOU PIERS MORGAN,,,,G. Ball is a goof..wind bag,,,,idiot....couldn't answer a straight question....hope the voters see him for what he is....a loser...and fled the show ....USA needs better that a goof like him.
Yeah, I agree, Torture should be introduced for bankers to find out when the next disaster happens and for Pro Gun Senators to find out who possibly paid them to vote against background checks. Is anybody crazy to demand torture as a regular tool? But I can see from whom these suggestions are coming, from the right who carries responsibility for a lot of killings (by guns) by themselves and try to hide this by being tough.
Everything is 'breaking news' with CNN, what's up with that?
as i said piers and his staff is very bias oterwise they would respond to my very obvious questions and statements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
' oterwise...???'
JJ,my good man,I don't think he reads the posts on account of the xenophobia (PLEASE don't try spelling that!),and it's the
filter blocking your posts–happens to us all–not the gamma rays...
I have been watchingoff and on from time to time Piers Morgan for some time. No matter the subject, gun control or the Boston Bombing, Ifind his interview style very bullying. Whenever he fails to get the answer he wants, he rants a comment that often interupts his or her guest. He is always pushing his point of view and gives very little opportunity for people to speak their mind. I hope the sponsors of his show are paying attention. I will admit, this seems to be the norm on cable news. The days of Walter Cronkite and not pushing one's own agenda I am afraid are over!
Waterboarding is torture, and two exAir Force psychologists are responsible for propelling Communist exploitation for suspected terrorists. So, to me, if the detainee wasn't against America before being tortured, they are certain to be afterward!
the reason Piers is here in the US is Britian does not want him , we don't need him either go some where else please