DEERFIELD, IL? On Thursday, Dan Seals, Democratic candidate for Congress, criticized Congressman Mark Kirk for supporting the CIA?s decision to destroy videotaped footage of its officers engaging in harsh interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists, including the controversial waterboarding technique.
“Mark Kirk’s defense not only of the use of ‘waterboarding,’ but also the destruction of videotaped interrogations, shows how far he is willing to go to support the Bush Administration and their flaunting of the law,” said Seals.
“I fully support Congress’ investigation into the tape destruction to get to the bottom of whether there was illegal activity or not. This is yet another sign that our country needs wholesale change – from the White House, to our representative in Congress.”