In 2004, Chuck Schumer Supported the Right of Bush to Use Torture at His Discretion.

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If you’re wondering why Schumer is sticking with Mukasey, despite a grassroots revolt among many Democrats, it’s because Chuck is on record in support of Bush having the right to torture.

But don’t trust us.

Here’s what Schumer, himself, had to say in a 2004 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with then Attorney General John Ashcroft:

So it's easy to sit back in the armchair and say that torture can never be used. But when you're in the foxhole, it's a very different deal.

And I respect -- I think we all respect the fact that the president's in the foxhole every day. So he can hardly be blamed for asking you or his White House counsel or the Department of Defense to figure out when it comes to torture, what the law allows and when the law allows it and what there is permission to do. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25211-2004Jun8.html

Of course, the problem is that Bush picks people who will interpret to the law to allow him to torture, which the law does not allow him to do (nor does it allow him to outsource the torture to other nations). In fact, it is a war crime.

Chuck Schumer knows all this.

more at:
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/230