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WASHINGTON - CIA Director Michael Hayden cast doubt on the legality of waterboarding on Thursday, a day after the White House said the harsh interrogation tactic has saved American lives and could be used in the future.
Hayden told the House Intelligence Committee that he officially prohibited CIA operatives from using waterboarding in 2006 in the wake of a Supreme Court decision and new laws on the treatment of U.S. detainees.
In other news the sky is blue, babies are cute and gravity exists.
"It is not included in the current program, and in my own view, the view of my lawyers and the Department of Justice, it is not certain that that technique would be considered to be lawful under current statute," Hayden said.
What kills me about the Bush argument that Waterboarding "saves lives" (aside from the obvious falseness inherit in the belief that torture has any benefits), is that "saving lives" is such a broad and vague statement.
It would save American lives to kill everyone in the world that's not an American.
But it's damn sure illegal.
Fear clouds judgement, and when you give an drunk the keys to the car you can damn sure expect that he'll crash it.
Impeach!