Psyche, Science, and Society

Romney advisor endorsed torture. So does Romney

October 16th, 2007

From TPM, the title says it all: Romney’s New National Security Adviser Said He’d Torture “In A Heartbeat”

MARKS: The kinds of enemies we’re fighting have no sense of right or wrong. They will go to any depths to achieve their ends.

FOREMAN: Do we have to go with them?

MARKS: We don’t need to go with them. We need to preclude them from going there. And that might include some use of torture in order to prevent it.

And Romney is clearly of the Bush camp, against “torture,” but never seeing it:

Contacted by Election Central, Romney spokesman Kevin Madden declined to comment on Marks’ assertions or say whether Governor Romney agreed with them. Madden did, however, say that Romney opposes torture, though he also confirmed that Romney supports the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Madden declined to specify what techniques in particular Romney was referring to. [emphasis added]

Read the whole piece.

Entry Filed under: Electoral Politics, Interrogation, Law, Politics, Torture