Letter: Mukasey wrong on waterboarding

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007 | 7:10 a.m.

On behalf of many American service personnel or American citizens who may someday find themselves being waterboarded by some anti-American group overseas, I would like to thank in advance incoming Attorney General Michael Mukasey for assuring all of us that what they may someday experience may not, in fact, be torture.

And although his obvious "tow the line" ambiguity on this issue (in the face of others before him in our government and military who declare with certainty that waterboarding is torture) may increase the future use of waterboarding against Americans by our enemies, I nonetheless would like to congratulate Mr. Mukasey on a job well secured.

Sleep well, Mr. Mukasey.

Bob Coffman, Las Vegas

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