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Eric Holder Signals No Prosecutions of Bush War Criminals

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This is rather like the mafia godfather saying that he treats no one in an untoward fashion since he’s checked with his lawyers on everything he does, and they have assured him that it’s all copasetic. For the soon-to-be US Attorney General to be citing these transparently self-serving and worthless “legal” opinions as “authoritatively permitting” government agents’ actions is both ludicrous and ominous in the extreme.

Moreover, what Holder has conspicuously left out of this “answer” is the fact that torture as policy originated from the very top by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Bybee, Yoo, and the rest of this horrid gang. Systematic torture was not merely or mainly the actions of some unnamed “government agents.”

As Obama himself has described them in words and structure strikingly similar to the Holder statement: “I don't believe that anybody is above the law. On the other hand, I also have a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards. And part of my job is to make sure that for example at the CIA, you've got extraordinarily talented people who are working very hard to keep Americans safe. I don't want them to suddenly feel like they've got to spend all their time looking over their shoulders and lawyering up…”

We certainly wouldn’t want to “lawyer” up those fine and extraordinarily talented CIA inquisitor torturers, would we? No, that would be uncivilized. It’s alright to beat and drown detainees since it’s being done by extraordinarily talented CIA agents. Lawyering up such fine individuals would be inhumane!

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If my buddies say it's OK for me to break the law, it mustbe by Scott Baker on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:20:43 AM
Constitution? by Dennis Kaiser on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:11:17 AM
Maybe we can hope for the best... by William Cormier on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:14:07 AM
William C., by William Whitten on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:40:58 AM
Thanks Denni,s by William Whitten on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:43:42 AM
High level prosecutions? by Dr. Dennis Loo on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:46:28 AM
YES!!! by William Whitten on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:56:48 AM
I would also love to be proven wrong by Dr. Dennis Loo on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:17:46 AM
No Prosecutions by Archie on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:12:03 AM
chin deep by William Whitten on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:37:12 AM
Hang 'Em by Bob Trowbridge on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:53:03 AM
deeper down the rabbit hole... by William Whitten on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:46:35 PM
Taken in Conjunction with a Previous Story Today, by James Hadstate on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:31:19 PM
James by Dr. Dennis Loo on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 3:58:40 PM
I'm not suggesting anyone is less blameworthy by James Hadstate on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:33:55 PM
Welllll.... by FAITHCARR on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 4:40:20 PM
Thanks James by Dr. Dennis Loo on Friday, Jan 30, 2009 at 5:38:07 PM
No Prosecutions for Bush by Viki_FL on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 2:00:49 AM
No brainer by Perry Logan on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 7:27:49 AM
There is a no brainer present that is certain; by William Whitten on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:31:22 AM
Viki by Dr. Dennis Loo on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:30:12 AM
Agenda with no true agenda..?? by William Whitten on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:52:03 AM
PS to Viki by Dr. Dennis Loo on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:57:04 AM
The nonexistant Bilderberger group; by William Whitten on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:01:54 AM
The Architecture of Modern Political Power by William Whitten on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:09:54 AM
U.S. CONCENTRATION CAMP LEGISLATION by William Whitten on Sunday, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:26:43 AM
Prosecute Holder? by Tim Fleming on Sunday, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:14:55 PM