On "The View," former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura -- who was waterboarded as
part of his military training -- repeated the mantra he offered last week, calling waterboarding
torture and demanding criminal prosecution for those who authorized it.
"I would prosecute the people who did it," he said. "I would prosecute the people who
ordered it. And they would all go to jail."
His opponent in the debate was none other than the conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck,
who insisted that the technique worked in breaking down al Qaeda suspects.
The exchange was good-natured and lively, with Ventura asking some leading rhetorical
questions before making a few rather provocative political points.
(Source: ABC-TV and HuffingtonPost.com)
04/15/2009 3:31PM
Jesse Ventura vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Is Jesse right, why not waterboard American suspects?
