Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) asked, "General, do you believe that waterboarding is consistent with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions?"
After pausing a moment to think, Maples replied, "No, sir, I don’t."
"Do you think it’s humane?" Levin asked.
"No, sir, I think it would go beyond that bound."
Thursday, February 28, 2008
THIS IS HUGE!
Paul Kiel at TPM Muckraker provides a video clip and a rough transcript of Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, admitting that waterboarding is illegal:
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