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| John Brennan unimpressed by Richard Burr's waterboarding joke | John Brennan unimpressed by Richard Burr's waterboarding joke |
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| No better time for a waterboarding joke then when you're questioning the prospective CIA chief. At least that's what Republican senator Richard Burr from North Carolina, thought. | No better time for a waterboarding joke then when you're questioning the prospective CIA chief. At least that's what Republican senator Richard Burr from North Carolina, thought. |
| "I'll be brief," Burr said at the start of his second-round question for Brennan. | "I'll be brief," Burr said at the start of his second-round question for Brennan. |
| "You're on your fourth glass of water and I don't want to be accused of waterboarding you." | "You're on your fourth glass of water and I don't want to be accused of waterboarding you." |
| Brennan, who has repeatedly dodged the question of whether waterboarding constitutes torture, did not seem to appreciate the humor. | Brennan, who has repeatedly dodged the question of whether waterboarding constitutes torture, did not seem to appreciate the humor. |
| The joke recalled John McCain's warning that the foreign relations committee would waterboard secretary of state nominee John Kerry to "get the truth out of him." | The joke recalled John McCain's warning that the foreign relations committee would waterboard secretary of state nominee John Kerry to "get the truth out of him." |
| Torture jokes: they never get old. | Torture jokes: they never get old. |
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