DAVENPORT:
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush declined to rule out
resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the US
government if he becomes President.
The former Florida governor said, in general, he believes torture is inappropriate, and was glad his brother, George Bush, largely ended the CIA's use of the techniques before he left office. The CIA used waterboarding, slapping, nudity, sleep deprivation, humiliation and other methods to coerce al-Qaida detainees.
"I don't want to make a definitive, blanket kind of statement," Bush said, when asked whether he would keep in place or repeal Obama's executive order banning enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA.
A Senate report cited that techniques were more brutal than previously disclosed, that the CIA lied about them, and that they failed to produce unique, life-saving intelligence.
Jeb Bush said he believed that the techniques were effective in producing intelligence, but that "now we're in a different environment." He suggested there may be occasions when brutal interrogations were called for to keep the country safe. However, Bush stopped short of pointing out the difference between enhanced interrogation techniques and torture.
The former Florida governor said, in general, he believes torture is inappropriate, and was glad his brother, George Bush, largely ended the CIA's use of the techniques before he left office. The CIA used waterboarding, slapping, nudity, sleep deprivation, humiliation and other methods to coerce al-Qaida detainees.
"I don't want to make a definitive, blanket kind of statement," Bush said, when asked whether he would keep in place or repeal Obama's executive order banning enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA.
A Senate report cited that techniques were more brutal than previously disclosed, that the CIA lied about them, and that they failed to produce unique, life-saving intelligence.
Jeb Bush said he believed that the techniques were effective in producing intelligence, but that "now we're in a different environment." He suggested there may be occasions when brutal interrogations were called for to keep the country safe. However, Bush stopped short of pointing out the difference between enhanced interrogation techniques and torture.
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