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Steven Bradbury: Trump Picks Torture Memo Author for Deputy Transportation Secretary
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trump-nominee-torture-memo-waterboarding-steven-bradbury-transportation-department

* legal memos authorized waterboarding/torture
* senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation
* key role in shaping section of Project 2025 that covers Dept. Transportation

#JohnYoo #StevenBradbury #DeptTransportation #DoJ
#torture #EnhancedInterrogation #waterboarding
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extrermism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025

Trump picks torture memo author for deputy transportation secretary

Sen. John McCain said Steven Bradbury, whose legal memos authorized waterboarding, wrote "permission slips for torture."

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Victoria Stuart πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈJan 29, 2025

[thread] Steven G. Bradbury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_G._Bradbury

* Am. lawyer
* Trump1 General Counsel, U.S. Dept. Transportation
* Trump2 presumpt. nom. Dep. Sec.Transportation
* authored significant classified opinions providing legal authorization for waterboarding/other "enhanced interrogation techniques"
* euphemism for torture
* Dec 2022+ senior Heritage Foundation fellow/contributor to Project 2025

#StevenBradbury #DeptTransportation #torture #EnhancedInterrogation
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025

Steven G. Bradbury - Wikipedia