HAS HE REALLY NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE POINT OF WATERBOARDING THESE GUYS?

Leahy: No need to interrogate bin Laden (Michael O'Brien - 11/19/09, The Hill)

If the U.S. captures Osama bin Laden, there's no need to interrogate him, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of that committee, said that arguments raised by Republican senators about whether bin Laden would be afforded Miranda rights if he were captured amount to a "red herring." [...]

"For one thing, capturing Osama bin Laden — we've had enough on him, we don't need to interrogate him," Leahy added.

One hesitates to point this out, given that a herring could figure it out, but we interrogate to discover what they have planned, not to obtain confessions.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 19, 2009 2:33 PM