Sam's Club Republican, by J. A. McClure: on Homeland Security


Tim Pawlenty: Torture of terrorists might be ok to obtain info

Pawlenty is open to the possibility that terror suspects might have to be tortured to obtain information. When former Vice president Dick Cheney was criticized for his advocacy of waterboarding in 2009, Pawlenty said there were two sides to the debate, and Cheney's position was valid: "I think he has probably some inside information about who was waterboarded and what information was derived from that and what events it prevented. Since 9/11, the country wasn't attacked and didn't have another terrorist incident, so they must have done something right. How far do you go? I think, clearly, we have to weigh the benefits of that information against the damage it causes, not only to the individual, but to our values more broadly."
Source: Sam's Club Republican, by J.A. McClure, p. 62 May 10, 2010

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