Former CIA/NSA director Hayden was on FnS suggesting release of the "Torture techniques Memo" by Obama has put agents lives at risk... to Wallace's delight, I'm sure.

"These techniques work", insists Hayden.

Hayden insists that the claim the torture of Abu Abeda (sp?) produced no additional intel is false, that his torture led us to bin Alsheeb (sp?).

Hayden: "You [Wallace] said 'the CIA standard [of torture] was 'shock the conscious.' That's not right. that's the American standard [not the CIA's]."

He wouldn't say whether of not Zarquwi (sp?) was "waterboarded 187 times in 24 hours" because that infomation (ie: "technique") was not declassified by the report, and therefore could not confirm it.

Later, Hayden does say he supports Obama talking to Cuba.

Wallace runs a well edited clip of President Obama criticizing the U.S while overseas, leaving out his criticisms of them.

McCaskill defends Obama, but fails to call Wallace on the editing.

McCaskill said she believed the tea parties "were grassroots" and defends the reason for their protesting: "spending."

Lyndsey complains of Obama's excessive spending. "A roadmap to disaster that will bankrupt this country."

Later, during the Roundtable:

Mara Liason: "A grassroots event, surprisingly large for a Party out of favor right now."

Juan Williams gives a weak defense in pointing out Bush's own spending, but never argues "where were the protesters then?"

My email to them:
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Brit Hume asked Juan Williams during the Power Panel: "How does revealing torture techniques and telling them we won't torture help us?" (not an exact quote). Juan failed to give a convincing answer. May I?

We tortured *innocent* people who were later released. Do you think maybe THEY might have revealed these techniques already?

Abu Ghraib was used as a recruiting tool, which prolonged the fighting and cost more lives.

Fighters afraid of capture are less likely to surrender and more likely to fight to the death.

If you are depending upon the enemy for your intel, you've ALREADY failed. For decades, this country relied on robust intelligence gathering to defend this country. We won WWII without resorting to torture. Instead, we PROSECUTED Japan for waterboarding. Defending our own use of these techniques now in disgusting.

i watched/listened to john boehner(r) on abc's this week, he said absolutely nothing. i mean nothing. he was able to spout off the usual talking points. maybe it's difficult to provide constructive criticism when
your party handed much of problem(s) we are experiencing. huge deficit/unemployment/war(s)/weak borders.

"I was just watching Michael Hayden..."

Notice the ellipses? Poor John is obviously still retching uncontrollably.

I knew there was a reason Nicole usually handled the Sunday bobbleheads.

Feel better soon, Mr. Amato.

are the equivalent of a video Pravda in the old Soviet Union/Russia. To even call this news or journalism or anything resembling objective is laughable. In fact, this website has become laughable with the goose step marching with the "democrats" and our saviour obama. These are sad days for us all as our treasury is raped and pillaged and our rights diminishing. Talk is cheap and you would think one could finally realize the only differences in the two parties are rhetoric.

Rahm comes out and says there will be no prosecutions for people who planned and wrote our policy for implementing torture. This is now obstruction. This is something we need to organize around. I will not be voting for Obama for a second term if there is no effort made to prosecute those who put together our policy of torture. I doubt I'm the only person that will be doing the same. Now's the time to start looking for others to put together such a group to let him know that this issue will cost him re-election if he continues on an obstructionist path as stated by Rahm Emmanuel.

Emanuel handed George Steph his hat early in the interview. Steph started right off the top reading clips that the President is weak, takes no strong positions and will compromise on anything. Not two minutes later he's going on and on about Obama not getting any Republican support in Congress because of his unwillingness to compromise.

Emanuel looked directly at him somewhat puzzled, slightly laughed, and said something like "You started out by saying he's weak and compromises on everything, and then in the next breath you say he's unwilling to compromise. Which is it? You can't have it both ways."

Boy George at that moment realized he had been swatted like a fly. It was the highlight of the morning shows.