Musasey appoints torture apologist as his chief of staff

thinkprogress.org — Today, Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed Brian Benczkowski to serve as his chief of staff. Benczkowski served as one of the Justice Department's torture apologists, arguing that if torture is conducted to prevent an attack "rather than for the purpose of humiliation," it doesn't violate the Geneva Convention ban. Aug 6, 2008 View in Crawl 4