Ashcroft Endorses Waterboarding

Maybe you wouldn't mind taking a spin on the surfboard then, 'eh, Johnny?

"Ashcroft defends waterboarding before House panel

• Story Highlights
• Ex-attorney general says waterboarding more effective than other techniques
  
• John Ashcroft says he opposes torture but says waterboarding isn't torture
  
• Congress failed to override President Bush's veto of bill to ban waterboarding
  
• Waterboarding is an interrogation technique that simulates drowning
  

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The controversial interrogation technique of waterboarding has served a "valuable" purpose and does not constitute torture, former Attorney General John Ashcroft told a House committee Thursday.

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For the record, readers: PROOF of Bush Administration War Crimes!

"In addition to Bush, suspects in the alleged conspiracy include a who’s who of top officials in Bush’s first term, principally Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet and their aides, says ABC News."

"John Ashcroft had qualms about the meetings, reportedly warning, “History will not judge this kindly.”

No, we are not, Johnny!