Cain And Bachmann Pledge To Bring Back Waterboarding

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During the debate, Herman Cain was asked whether he would bring back waterboarding as an interrogation technique, or whether he considers it to be torture and illegal.

Cain said he would allow national security officials to determine what constitutes torture, versus enhanced interrogation — and that he would bring back waterboarding: “Yes, I would return to that policy. I don’t see it as torture. I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique.”

Michele Bachmann also said she would bring back waterboarding, and denounced President Obama for getting rid of it. “He is allowing the ACLU to run the CIA,” said Bachmann, also adding: “It is as though we’ve decided we want to lose in the War On Terror under President Obama.”

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