Mukasey defends Bush's lawlessness
Michael Mukasey proved on Thursday that he is unfit to serve as Attorney General of the United States:
President Bush's choice for attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey, embraced some of the administration's most controversial legal positions yesterday, suggesting that Bush could ignore surveillance statutes in wartime and avoiding a declaration that simulated drowning constitutes torture under U.S. laws.
Yesterday, he stated that the President could not order the use of torture; today, he backtracked:
Mukasey also demurred when he was repeatedly asked whether a simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding constitutes unlawful torture.
He's come down squarely on the side of the Imperial Presidency by testifying that the President need not abide by the rule of law, and by suggesting that the oath of office is a playground promise easily and legally broken. Mukasey should be kicked to the curb; he's no better than the horrid little man who just left that office.