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Attorney General Nominee's Confirmation in Doubt Over Waterboarding Stance

Attorney General Nominee's Confirmation in Doubt Over Waterboarding Stance

As the Senate prepares to take up his nomination, opposition to Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey is growing, after he refused again to declare the practice of waterboarding as a form of torture. There is speculation Mukasey might be refusing to say waterboarding is illegal because it could open the door to criminal or civil liability for many CIA and military interrogators — and even the White House. We speak with National Lawyers Guild president Marjorie Cohn. [includes rush transcript]

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