Romney, Giuliani terrorism comments draw criticism (Reuters)

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Source: Reuters

Romney, Giuliani terrorism comments draw criticism
16 May 2007 20:05:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Chris Reiter

NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Two Republican front-runners in the
2008 presidential race drew strong criticism from rights groups on
Wednesday after they voiced support for extreme interrogation
methods and an expansion of the Guantanamo prison in the fight
against terrorism.

In remarks at a debate among Republican candidates in South Carolina
on Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called for doubling
the size of the Guantanamo military prison, while rival Rudy Giuliani said
he supported the use of methods like "waterboarding," which simulates
drowning.

Giuliani, who was mayor of New York during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,
said extreme interrogation techniques would be justified if an attack
was being planned.

"I would tell the people who had to do the interrogation to use every
method they could think of," said Giuliani. "Shouldn't be torture, but
every method they can think of."

Those methods could include the controversial use of "waterboarding,"
he said.

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