Specter says he will back AG nominee

Specter says he will back AG nominee
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer
Sun Nov 4, 10:42 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he is bothered by Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether waterboarding is torture but will support his nomination for attorney general anyway.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., joins two key Senate Democrats in saying he will back Mukasey because the retired judge has said that if Congress passes a law banning waterboarding, "the president would have absolutely no legal authority to ignore such a law."


Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Sunday reiterated his support for Mukasey, even though he said Mukasey's answers about waterboarding haven't been totally clear.

"I wanted (Mukasey) to say that waterboarding was torture and illegal," McCain, a former prisoner of war, told reporters in Mason City, Iowa. "He said that he would get briefed on the procedures."

On Sunday, Specter said he believed "Judge Mukasey went about as far as he could go" in stating his views because a more categorical answer that waterboarding was illegal could open a wave of lawsuits against administration officials.

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But then he says he'll vote the way Junior wants. My goodness, what unusual behavior for Arlen!

This part *really* makes me sick:

On Sunday, Specter said he believed "Judge Mukasey went about as far as he could go" in stating his views because a more categorical answer that waterboarding was illegal could open a wave of lawsuits against administration officials.


I hate these treasonous rat bastards

In Torture they trust.

Any member of congress that supports Alberto Mukasey is selling the country out, regardless of party. It's shunning responsibility. It's a continuation of cronyism. It's the continuation of the rubber stamp that was promised to be extinguished.