OpEdNews - Page 4 of Article: Short Playscript On Torture

                                   B.
            Nobody's saying what they did is a good thing. But people
            shouldn't be misled with the idea that those lawyers can go
            to jail for torture. Investigated? Sure. But under no
            theory of law can writing a legal opinion make a person
            guilty of torture.

                                   C.
            There's a level of criminality here that should be
            investigated. How can we know whether or not they committed
            a crime if we don't know what happened? Their motivation?
            The chain of events on those days? All that. It's not about
            going to jail at this point. It's about restoring the rule
            of law. If lawyers are allowed to do what they did with no
            response, just business as usual--

                                   D.
            Business that led to torture.

                                   C.
            The ultimate tyranny.

                                   F.
            I believe we do have the means for justice. I think the new
            Attorney General is a good lawyer. Hopefully they'll appoint
            a prosecutor who is a good lawyer.

                                   B.
            All I'm saying is that in criminal law, you need a criminal
            statute. A crime needs a statute. The statute needs to say
            exactly what conduct is criminal and what penalty is
            possible.

                                   G.
            Otherwise it's unconstitutional as a violation of due
            process. This is first-year law school stuff.

                                   A.
            So the lawyers can say they were just drafting an opinion the
            President sought, and the President can say he was just doing
            what the lawyers said was legal?

                                   G.
            It's immoral, but it's not illegal.

                                   (Double Beat.)

                                   (Actor rises to address audience.)

                                   ACTOR
            And this is where things rest. The big question unanswered.
            Where's the crime? (Thumbing to A.-G.) The thing they don't
            know, is that the crime is in regards to the oath of office.
            It's a crime to advocate--

                                   A.
            What?

                                   (Actor is somewhat stunned, A.-G. await
                                   reply.)

                                   A. (CONT'D)
                          (to Actor)
            Go ahead, tell us.

                                   C.
            We've been waiting years to have this discussion.

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