Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal

Apr 30th, 2009 - The Huffington Post

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Condoleezza Rice was recently speaking at Stanford when students asked her an excellent question on waterboarding and torture. They have her answer on tape and it isn't pretty. Condi Rice absolutely pulls a Nixon.

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Nothing we would do? Nothing? As I ask in the video above, what would happen if the president authorized you to murder someone, would it still not be illegal?

Next up, Condoleezza Rice denies any personal responsibility:

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