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In reply to the discussion: Kasie Hunt MSNBC reports lots of activity by Gang of 8, Comey re: investigation [View all]Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)with Gonzalez trying to pressure Ashcroft when he was in the hospital and Comey intervened. Also this on Comey Wikipedia page:
Comey was one of the few members of the Bush administration who had tried to prevent or limit the use of torture.[32][33][34]
Comey later stated during his 2013 confirmation hearing that even though his personal opinion was that waterboarding is torture,[35] the United Nations Convention against Torture was "very vague" and difficult to interpret as banning the practice.[21] Even though he considered the practice to be legal at the time,[30] he strongly disagreed with the techniques and opposed implementing them on policy grounds,[31][36] objections that were ultimately overruled by the National Security Council.[37
He may be playing a long end game. Too early to tell, but he has shown integrity in the past.