Obama: Torture is part of the problem, not the solution

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Obama: Torture is part of the problem, not the solution
By Klaus Marre
October 04, 2007

White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Thursday condemned the CIA’s use of brutal interrogation techniques and said the Bush administration’s reported authorization of such methods “is an outrageous betrayal of our core values, and a grave danger to our security.”

Obama responded to a report in The New York Times that said the administration, while publicly denouncing torture, secretly allowed the most aggressive interrogation techniques ever used by the CIA, including “water-boarding,” sleep deprivation and slaps to the head, as well as keeping suspects in frigid temperatures for extended periods of time.

“We must do whatever it takes to track down and capture or kill terrorists, but torture is not a part of the answer — it is a fundamental part of the problem with this administration's approach,” Obama said.

He added that it is “time to stop telling the American people one thing in public while doing something else in the shadows.”

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-torture-is-part-of-the-problem-not-the-solution-2007-10-04.html

He's responding to this, no doubt:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1975042