What Hillary won’t say about torture
Salon
by Mark Benjamin
11/02/07
The first fusillade at Hillary Clinton during the Democrats’ feisty debate on Tuesday night came, as expected, from Barack Obama. But it included an unexpected subject. Obama called Clinton a flip-flopper on torture. ‘She has taken one position on torture several months ago, and then most recently has taken a different position,’ he fired. At first blush it seemed like an odd attack on Clinton, who has emphasized her ‘clear’ opposition to torture. But while Clinton continues to inch closer to the rest of the Democratic pack in her positions on the subject, her stance on torture isn’t as ironclad as it appears...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/02/hillary/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mark+Benjamin
by Mark Benjamin
11/02/07
The first fusillade at Hillary Clinton during the Democrats’ feisty debate on Tuesday night came, as expected, from Barack Obama. But it included an unexpected subject. Obama called Clinton a flip-flopper on torture. ‘She has taken one position on torture several months ago, and then most recently has taken a different position,’ he fired. At first blush it seemed like an odd attack on Clinton, who has emphasized her ‘clear’ opposition to torture. But while Clinton continues to inch closer to the rest of the Democratic pack in her positions on the subject, her stance on torture isn’t as ironclad as it appears...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/02/hillary/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mark+Benjamin
rudkla - 2. Nov, 11:17
