QOTD: Bill Kristol
by digby
I will defend the intelligence community against a bunch of senators and their staff. And I will defend the interrogation program!
I have to give him some credit for consistency. He really believes in torture. Always has. Here he is back in 2009 when the whole right wing went crazy over the release of the torture memos:
I think now that the door is open, I say “bring it on.” Let’s have a big national debate on this. Let’s have Steve Bradbury confront his accusers, who are one tenth the lawyers he is, and we’re not under the pressure he was under and not a real threat. Let’s have George Tenet testify. Let’s have Mick Hagen testify. Let’s have a serious debate, let’s have Dick Cheney take on anyone that the left wants to produce about whether we were responsible, whether it was a dark chapter in our history that we have to be ashamed of or whether the US government behaved in a very fine way and I think a very impressive way…
I think he speaks for a lot of people who believe that torture is a fine and impressive thing to do.
And, by the way, it’s bad that the CIA was spying on congress and that should be investigated. But it’s not as bad as torturing people. Just thought I should raise that small point.
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