By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
CIA Director John Brennan said on Sunday that his agency would not resort to torturing terrorism suspects despite rhetoric from GOP presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
“I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I’ve heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure,”Brennan told NBC News.
Trump and Cruz have advocated using waterboarding and other torture techniques against terrorism suspects.
“If they could expand the laws, I would do a lot more than waterboarding. You have to get the information from people,” Trump said after the Brussels terrorist attacks.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders said they would not resort to torture.
When asked about waterboarding Sunday, Brennan responded, “I would not agree to having any CIA officer carrying out waterboarding again.”
