Rudy Giuliani on whether waterboarding is torture:
It depends on how it’s done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it.
Italics mine. So that’s that: when bad guys torture, it’s bad. When good guys torture, it’s good. Apparently that’s the modern Republican Party’s version of moral clarity.
Yes, Giuliani’s statement reflects the Bush administration’s position fairly well. The American public doesn’t know what “enhanced interrogation techniques” its government is using, but we can rest assured that whatever is being done isn’t torture. Because these techniques are being done properly–under the law . . . as outlined by secret executive orders.
If we follow the rules, waterboarding is OK.