Retired general: Torture worked on John McCain, that’s why they call him ‘Songbird John’

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Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney on Thursday referred to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as “Songbird John” and said torture worked on the former POW.

McInerney, during an interview on Fox Business Network, was slamming McCain’s refusal to support CIA director nominee Gina Haspel over her past work at the agency involving enhanced interrogation techniques that are considered torture.

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