Attorney General discovers "I thought it was OK" defense
Mr. Mukasey, whose nomination as attorney general last year was threatened by his refusal to say whether he considered waterboarding to be torture, said the lawyers who authorized the surveillance and interrogation programs had done so in the belief that they were following the law.
"In those circumstances," he said, "there is no occasion to consider prosecution, and there is no occasion to consider pardon."
[From UNDERNEWS: ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS IT'S OKAY TO TORTURE AS LONG AS YOU THINK IT'S LEGAL]
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