Jesse Ventura 'schools' The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck on waterboarding / torture

From Rawstory.com: "Ventura on The View: If waterboarding is fine, why dont cops do it? By David Edwards and Stephen Webster Published: May 18, 2009 Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, making a guest appearance on ABCs The View, gave co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a lesson or two about the torture technique known as waterboarding. Ventura, who underwent a barrage of torture techniques at the military Survival, Evade, Resist and Escape (SERE) school, confirmed for Hasselbeck that waterboarding is torture and not just an enhanced interrogation technique. If waterboarding is okay, why dont we let our police do it to suspects to learn what they know? he asked to a chorus of applause. Thats an interesting question, Hasselbeck said. I understand that question. If waterboarding is okay, why didnt we waterboard [Timothy] McVeigh and [Terry] Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombers, to find out if there were more people involved? Whats your answer to that? he asked. We only seem to waterboard Muslims. Thats an extremist statement, said Hasselbeck. Aha! cheered Ventura. Have we waterboarded anybody else? Name me someone else weve waterboarded. She could not, instead shifting focus to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who has been criticized by Republicans for a seeming contradiction in disclosing what she knew about then-President Bushs torture program, and when. They want her out because she lied? asked Ventura. Why didnt they ask for Bush and Cheney to go out when they lied about why we went into Iraq. This video is from MSNBCs News Live, broadcast May 18, 2009." http://rawstory.com/08/news/20... Fair Use Statement This video may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making this material available in an effort to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material contained in this video is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc... I reserve the right to block any Youtube user from my channel, and/or remove any comments posted on my videos that I feel are abusive, inappropriate, disruptive, trollish, etc..

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