Bush vetoes waterboarding prohibition


	Bush vetoes waterboarding prohibition

masbury

3-8-2008 1:14 PM

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politics, torture, waterboarding, cia

masbury says:

I wonder if Cindy McCain is "proud of her country" today?

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3-8-2008 3:14 PM

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Would he bet the recession that he says the US isn't having, against waterboarding?

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