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Mukasey Refuses to Call Waterboarding Torture

By Ari Shapiro
Published October 18, 2007 at 3:00 PM CDT

In the second day of his confirmation hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey on Thursday refused to say that waterboarding is torture.

He declined to say that he rejects waterboarding, saying only that if it is torture, it can't be used.

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Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.