McCain: Don't Investigate Torture Memos
Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested today that the push to investigate and possibly prosecute Bush administration officials who crafted the legal basis for the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques," such as waterboarding, may have grown from a desire to "settle old political scores."
Appearing on CBS’ Face The Nation Sunday, the former Republican presidential nominee — who was himself tortured as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese — said, "Are you going to prosecute people for giving bad legal advice?" He suggested that Washington should ignore calls to investigate who was behind government lawyers writing memos which gave legal cover to the use of torture on detainees.
"We need to put this behind us," he told host Bob Schieffer. "We need to move forward. … We need a united nation, not a divided one."
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"We need to put this behind us," he told host Bob Schieffer. "We need to move forward. … We need a united nation, not a divided one."
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