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McCain Smacks Down Torture & He Has A Damn Good Reason
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December 12, 2014
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7:36Now Playing"Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) spoke about the newly released CIA Torture Report on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon, decrying the use of harsh interrogation methods against detainees.
In light of reports about the CIA torturing detainees under a counterterrorism program authorized by President George W. Bush in the wake of the September 11th attacks in 2001, McCain noted that "even our enemies possess basic human rights."
"I have often said ... that this question isn’t about our enemies, it’s about us," McCain said. "It’s about who we were, who we are, and who we aspire to be."
"Our enemies act without conscience," he said."* The Young Turks hosts John Iadarola (TYT University), Ana Kasparian and Ben Mankiewicz break it down.
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