FBI Nominee Comey Calls Bush-Era Waterboarding ‘Torture’
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James B. Comey, the nominee to be the next FBI director, said interrogation methods such as waterboarding and sleep deprivation used during his time in President George W. Bush’s administration constitute torture and are illegal.
Responding to lawmakers at his nomination hearing today, Comey repeatedly denounced waterboarding as something the U.S. government shouldn’t do. He said he pushed for changes while he was at the Justice Department in the Bush administration.