Santorum: McCain doesn't understand interrogation

[LetTimmySmoke]

Source: MSNBC

Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, does not know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be.

The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a speech last week that waterboarding al-Qaida's No. 3 leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, did not provide information that led to bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
Video: McCain: Torture did not lead to bin Laden (on this page)

McCain said he asked CIA Director Leon Panetta for the facts, and that the hunt for bin Laden did not begin with fresh information from Mohammed. In fact, the name of bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, came from a detainee held in another country.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43075337/ns/politics-decision_2012/

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Let's airdrop Santorum over North Korea and pick him back up again on November 18, 2016.

[unkachuck]

gramps may not know a lot of things....

....but torture isn't one of them....I'll give him respect for the shit he went through....

[CBHagman]

1. I invite DUers to look at Santorum's bio.

Here's the Project Vote Smart version:

http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=27054

Education:
JD, Dickinson School of Law, 1986
MBA, University of Pittsburgh, 1981
BA, Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1980

Professional Experience:
Attorney, Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, 1986-1989
Director, Senate Transportation Committee, 1984-1986
Director, Senate Local Government Committee, 1982-1986
Administrative Assistant, State Senator J. Doyle Corman, 1981-1986
Senior Fellow, The Ethics and Public Policy Center
Contributor, Fox News Network
Host, "Morning in America"
Columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Political Experience:
Senator, United States Senate, 1994-2006
Candidate, United States Senate, Pennsylvania, 2006
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1990-1994
Campaign Volunteer, Senator John Heinz
Republican Deputy Whip

Hm. Law firm. Hill experience. Fox News contributor. Can't say I see any military or intel experience, or even overseas work.

[freshwest]

3. 'Senior Fellow, The Ethics and Public Policy Center?' I want McCain & Palin to run, see below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBZej5qSIwU

That I can live with a lot better than someone who adores torture.

[madinmaryland]

7. Here's a link to Santorum on Google when you do a search...

http://www.google.com/search?q=santorum&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

:puke:

[humanityisfree]

2. these guys are all chewing each other apart

the way this presidential campaign is going down for the GOP is classic! They are sealing their own coffins - its great

[spooky3]

4. Meghan's tweet was great (reported on Rachel?):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailycaller/20110518/pl_dailycaller/meghanmccaincomparessantorumtojerseyshorecastmember_1

"Meghan first shot back at Santorum on Tuesday with her tweet,”Rick Santorum telling my father doesn’t know about torture is like Carrot Top telling Lebron James he doesn’t know about basketball.”

[MrModerate]

5. I believe the question has been answered: "How stupid is Rick Santorum?" n/t

[Scottybeamer70]

6. He should know about torture if.....

he looks in the mirror every morning.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. But Rick, they use dogs in those interrogations

and we know that inevitably leads to man/dog marriages.

[and-justice-for-all]

9. ....

:popcorn: I love watching them eat their own.