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In an intense exchange Thursday with three Democrats, President Bush s nominee for attorney general left the door open for allowing a terrorism-era interrogation technique that simulates drowning.Michael Mukasey, a ret
stanley thermos ired federal judge, issued highly-conditioned statements that so-called waterboarding violates the Constitution only if it is defined as torture.The answer is unclear.In an executive order this summer, Bush allowed the use of some harsh interrog
stanley cupe ation techniques but his administration refused to say whether waterboarding was among them. Congress has banned waterboarding as part of a detainee treatment law.During Thursday s proceedings, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin probed for Mukasey s opinion. I m hoping that you can at least look at this one technique and say: that clearly constitutes torture, it should not be the policy of the United States to engage in waterboarding, said the Illinois Democrat. It is not constitutional for the United States to engage in torture in any form, be it waterboarding or anything else, Mukasey replied.Under subsequent questioning by Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Mukasey said the practice of waterboarding, if defined as torture,
stanley mug can t be permitted by the president. If it is torture as defined by the Constitution, or defined by constitutional standards, it can t be authorized, Mukasey said. Judiciary Committee members, most lawyers themselves, have little tolerance for parsing after earlier hearings in which Jerb Record year for billion-dollar disasters
A new analysis of three immaculately-preserved 500 year-old mummies found in 1999 atop a 22,000 foot volcano in South America reveals that Inca children were given increasing amounts of coca
stanley sverige leaf and corn beer for up to a year before being sacrificed. The three children, who were found in an ice pit atop L
stanley cup becher lullaillaco volcano in the Argentinian Andes, were part of a sacrificial harvest ritual called capacocha. For the ceremony, the children were taken to the top of the volcano where they were given chica, a maize beer, until they passed out. Once unconscious, priests placed them in underground niches where they froze to death. The 13-year-old Ice Maiden with remnants of coca leaves still in her mouth. Owing to the cold climate, the mummies were found in excellent condition. And in fact, they ;re considered among the most pristine mummies in the world. The bodies date to around the 15th century during the time of the Inca empire, just prior to the arrival of Europeans. The Lightning Girl, whose corpse was struck by lightning. Physical and DNA analysis, including and especially forensic tests of chemicals found in the hair, showed that the children werent related to each other, nor were they ph
stanley vattenflaska ysically abused. They were actually very well looked after, exhibiting a decent layer of fat, and with beautifully groomed hair and clothes. But flecks of coca leaf the plant that contains cocaine were found in and around one of the specimens mouth, a
