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Michael Mukasey was confirmed as attorney general by a 53-40 vote. The Democrats who voted against him--and a few who voted for him--said that they were appalled that Mukasey was not willing to say that waterboarding constitutes torture and is therefore illegal. Never mind that Congress has made no such statement, the Senate having voted down legislation to do so. Waterboarding, a kind of ...