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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (749237)	9/14/2006 5:46:37 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, Pro-somelife, explain how we are going to have a national debate on torture when this is what we get from the Administration on the "ground rules" for the debate: From yesterday's briefing with press secretary Tony Snow: "Q Let me ask you about this debate the president said is so important with regard to interrogation techniques, because he wants now for Congress to clarify what's permissible. The president said he did not authorize torture. "MR. SNOW: That is correct. "Q What did he authorize? "MR. SNOW: Can't tell you. "Q Why can't you say that, given that the president wants a national debate about what's permissible? "MR. SNOW: Because there are also classifications. I think if you listen to what the president said last week, you have a conversation that's permissible -- you have a conversation about what's permissible and a lot of that is classified, and for a very good reason. . . . "Q One technique that's been widely reported on and widely debated is water-boarding. Does the president consider water-boarding to be torture? "MR. SNOW: Again, I'm not going to go beyond what the president has said."