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No middle ground in War on Terror
The former Vice-President, Dick Cheney, speaks about national security.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Truth Commission
Torture and the 'Truth Commission'
Why has Congress failed to outlaw waterboarding?
Truth Commission would be a circus, "...where the decks are stacked, people are smeared, and conclusions are foregone."
William McGurn - Wall Street Journal.
Why? Because of Pelosi amnesia syndrome, partisan politics, and the fact that we have gained high value information.
Posted by BA Moonshadow at 9:24 AM
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Anonymous said...
America has no need for a, "Truth commission".
We need to conduct a, "Lie Commission".
The truth is already well known,well documented in inhuman, disgustingly clinical, language frightfully reminiscent of the Nazi Regime's clinical approach to torture/persecution and murder.
If Obama chooses/refuses/fails to prosecute bush gang war crimes he is complicit in the crime of Conspiracy to Commit War Crimes.
If the issue of torture and wrongful war are not legally addressed and just "go away", America goes too.
We,as a Nation must choose one or the other.
Torture is not American.
America can not torture Human beings and be America.
Give it a think...then choose.
Eric K. Johnson
May 7, 2009 4:21 PM
Anonymous said...
From: Anthony D. Romero , ACLU
Date: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:37:14
Subject: Justifying Bush Torture Memos?
Dear ACLU Supporter,
Unbelievably, there's a growing chorus to let the Bush torture team get off scot-free.
A draft report from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility reportedly concludes that the lawyers who drafted the “torture memos” were legally sanctioning illegal interrogation methods. It asserts that they committed lapses of judgment but claims that they should not be prosecuted.
And now, according to the Washington Post, former Bush administration officials have launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to get the Justice Department to soften the ethics report even further.
We can’t hide the truth about torture, and enforcing the law is not a political decision. There must a thorough investigation, and if crimes have been committed, our legal system demands accountability.
Please write a letter to the editor of your local paper, and let them know that no one is above the law. You can also help get the word out by writing a blog post or commenting on an article about these developments online.
The ACLU and hundreds of thousands of Americans continue to demand a complete criminal investigation into Bush administration officials who authorized detainee abuse and torture.
Attorney General Holder has said that he intends to follow the facts and the law wherever they lead. We need to make sure he follows through and knows that the American public is behind him.
It would be a dangerous precedent to conclude that lawyers who played a critical role in an illegal program are immune from criminal investigations. No one is above the law.
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper, and demand respect for the rule of law. Please also consider writing a blog post or commenting on an article about these developments online.
Thanks for all you do.
Sincerely,
Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
ACLU
May 8, 2009 11:59 AM
Algore said...
A Sept 10, 2001 mind-set.
May 8, 2009 12:13 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/tamiflu.asp
Mirror Mirror on the wall, who's the slimiest of them all ?
Eric K. Johnson
May 8, 2009 2:23 PM
MCR said...
Politicians who put party before country should be censured and/or removed from office.
Pelosi and all the other members of the Senate who were fully briefed on interrogation methods applauded the work being done--until it is no longer politically expedient to do so.
President Obama wanted to release interrogation photos, then recanted after Dick Cheney called him on the carpet.
Tax, spend, run the economy into the ground, lie about national security issues. Yeah, that's what I want out of our government.
A man in a boat pulling up a drowning victim is logical and morally correct. A person in the water, swimming, because he has no boat, pulling the boater into the water, just to even things up, makes no sense and is not morally correct. BA MoonShadow
I totally agree...but what in the world does your "strawman" story have to do with the economic system commonly referred to as Socialism?
Can you type a little louder ?
I can't hear any point to your story?
There are numerous defense mechanisms and logically flawed semantic devices both of which can be employed in order to avoid the painfully obvious truth.
Attempting to compare drowning victims and boating accidents with economic systems is just one example.
Try again?
No cigar!
Eric K. Johnson
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