House Republican Question's AG's Patriotism

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by Ben Smith

A "furious" Rep. Peter King, the hawkish, maverick Long Island Republican, blasted a "disgraceful" Eric Holder for opening an investigation of CIA interrogators and chided his own party for what he described as a weak response to the move in an interview just now with POLITICO.

"It’s bulls***. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on," he said of the attorney general's move, which he described as a "declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense."

"It’s a total breach of faith, and either the president is intentionally caving to the left wing of his party or he’s lost control of his administration," said King, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security and a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence.

King, channeling both the sense of outrage and of political opportunity felt in parts of the GOP, defended in detail the interrogation practices — threats to kill a detainee's family, and or to kill a detainee with a power drill — detailed in a CIA inspector general report released yesterday.

"You're talking about threatening to kill a guy, threatening to attack his family, threatening to use an electric drill on him — but never doing it," King said. "You have that on the one hand — and on the other you have the [interrogator's] attempt to prevent thousands of Americans from being killed."

"When Holder was talking about being 'shocked' [before the report's release], I thought they were going to have cutting guys' fingers off or something — or that they actually used the power drill," he said.

Pressed on whether interrogators had actually broken the law, King said he didn't think the Geneva Convention "applies to terrorists," and that the line between permitted and outlawed interrogation policies in the Bush years was "a distinction without a difference."

"Why is it OK to waterboard someone, which causes physical pain, but not threaten someone and not cause pain?" he asked, warning of a "chilling" effect on future CIA behavior.

"You will have thousands of lives that will be lost, and the blood will be on Eric Holder's hands," he said.

King faulted his own party leaders for an insufficient response to yesterday's announcement.

"They’ve declared war on the CIA. We should resist and fight back as hard as we can," he said. "It should be a scorched earth policy. ... This isn't just another policy. This goes to the heart of our national defense. We should do whatever we have to do."

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House Republican Question's AG's Patriotism

That's patently dishonest as the article is really entitled "King on Holder: 'You wonder which side they’re on'".

Considering the infighting inside the White House, I guess you mean elements of the Obama Administration are "unpatriotic" as well they are choosing sides.

King is also calling his own party "unpatriotic".

"King faulted his own party leaders for an insufficient response to yesterday's announcement.

"They’ve declared war on the CIA. We should resist and fight back as hard as we can," he said. "It should be a scorched earth policy. ... This isn't just another policy. This goes to the heart of our national defense. We should do whatever we have to do."

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King is nucking futz.

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John Gibson Did Not Compare Eric Holder To Monkey With Bright Blue #######

The Huffington Post has learned that the below video has been doctored. We regret the error and apologize to Mr. Gibson. John Gibson never compared Eric Holder to a monkey with a bright blue #######.

Rather, as seen in the unedited video below, Gibson played audio of Holder saying "nation of cowards" -- so his full, unedited remarks were:

"We were talking about Eric Holder today on the radio and his comment that this is a nation of cowards."

The video was doctored to include Trace Gallagher's voice saying, "bright blue #######" where Gibson played Holder's "nation of cowards" remark. The Huffington Post does not know the source of the video's doctoring — it was picked up off TVNewser.

See the unedited video below:

Original (inaccurate) item below: At the end of a long and pointless conversation between two Fox News reporters covering a zoo escape, John Gibson compared Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey.

A monkey escaped from the Woodland park Zoo in Seattle and despite the fact that authorities are "taking this very seriously," Julie Banderas and Harris Faulkner were not, cracking jokes about the monkeys' bright blue #######.

At 2:48, they toss to John Gibson who complains that he can't get away with saying "bright blue #######" on the radio then follows that up by saying, "We were talking about Eric Holder today on the radio and his bright blue #######."

WATCH:

VIDEO REMOVED BY USER

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/19/j...c_n_168377.html

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He wasnt FURIOUS! I love how libs exagerate!

Edited August 26, 2009 by ={Rogue}=

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House Republican Question's AG's Patriotism

That's patently dishonest as the article is really entitled "King on Holder: 'You wonder which side they're on'".

Considering the infighting inside the White House, I guess you mean elements of the Obama Administration are "unpatriotic" as well they are choosing sides.

King is also calling his own party "unpatriotic".

"King faulted his own party leaders for an insufficient response to yesterday's announcement.

"They've declared war on the CIA. We should resist and fight back as hard as we can," he said. "It should be a scorched earth policy. ... This isn't just another policy. This goes to the heart of our national defense. We should do whatever we have to do."

How is it dishonest? If King thinks Holder is on the side of the terrorists does that make Holder a good patriot??????

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CIA Abuses Cases Report

good.. there's no justification for brutal treatment of prisioners when America condemns torture and tries to be the beacon of legality..

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CIA Abuses Cases Report

good.. there's no justification for brutal treatment of prisioners when America condemns torture and tries to be the beacon of legality..

You be buyin what your told? How many lives were saved? You dont know do ya? You just be buyin it! Give us some facts. Dude you just be buyin the channel your watching.

Edited August 26, 2009 by ={Rogue}=

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Pay no attention to pedroh. he's a lost boy. I just HOPE that he can CHANGE!

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again, when you condemn other countries for torture and or illegal ways of doing certain things, you can't be a hypocrite and do the same thing you don't like, just because it's for protection of your own yard..

i don't think machiavellian justifications can be done when you preach freedom and legality

Edited August 26, 2009 by pedroh

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again, when you condemn other countries for torture and or illegal ways of doing certain things, you can't be a hypocrite and do the same thing you don't like, just because it's for protection of your own yard..

You mean when they decapitate our soldiers and drag them through the streets?

Edited August 26, 2009 by ={Rogue}=

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so a wrong for a wrong settles the score?

it's not about settling it.. it's about doing it right, within a legal framework

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so a wrong for a wrong settles the score?

it's not about settling it.. it's about doing it right, within a legal framework

It isnt wrong! Lets just be nice and things will be okay? Go ahead dude go have a chat withem. Let me know how things work out.

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well.. then America shouldn't say 'we don't torture' to start with..

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well.. then America shouldn't say 'we don't torture' to start with..

Did your mama spank your a$$ when you were young? Mine did. Do you know the road the AG is goin down?

Obama is distracting you

you dont see it?