Obama: America safer without torture tactics

From: The Washington Times | April 29, 2009 

President Obama on Tuesday acknowledged that enhanced interrogation tactics such as waterboarding may glean information from terrorists but said those techniques constitute “torture” and said the country is safer without using them. On his 100th day in office, Mr. Obama, in a prime-time press conference, took a victory lap to tout his economic recovery efforts and his outreach to other countries, but said he’s been surprised by the myriad challenges that have hit at the same time, ranging from deterioration in Pakistan to continued problems with the U.S. auto industry to the political fallout from his decision to end use …

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