Judge Mukasey is Agnostic on Whether Waterboarding is Lawful

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Post title: Judge Mukasey is Agnostic on Whether Waterboarding is Lawful

Authored by: krisnelson

Date posted: Oct 18, 2007

Categorized as: government • law

Tagged with: law

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