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'lette
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'll admit I have "some" sympathy for a CIA field operative following orders. I'd rather see the emphasis on putting their bosses behind bars. IIRC however, "contractors" actually did the waterboarding. Scratch that. Performed the actual torture.
That tells me (even!) the CIA didn't want to perform that little bit of wet work. So, yes, the torturers themselves probably ought to be prosecuted.
Lederman's post is far more nuanced on the questions of DOJ prosecution following good faith reliance upon OLC opinions. I'm w/ him on at least one point. I'm baffled about why Congress isn't outraged by the whole "how we interpret your laws is too secret to tell you" argument proferred by Mukasey.
I blame Chuck Schumer.
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Tales
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I like your bumper sticker. I may have to slap it on over my current
BUSH/KARIMOV '08!
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Take it easy, Francis.
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Arne re DiFI
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hope that went in the print edition, also. Nice!
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O/T
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those of you w/ blogs or some such online presence might like this...
http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx
UT rating's "Genius". My site's only College (Post-Grad). Sucks to be me...
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Holy Crap!
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Big fun in the House re: FISA
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS
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Rethugs walked out
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Steny Hoyer goes ballistic, tears Rethugs a new one, Louise Slaughter chimes in. Pelosi news conference on now.
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Lots coming to a head
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Boehner had a hissy fit about the contempt citations, walked out in lockstep, Steny was going on about FISA when I caught him. Lots of raucous applause from Dems in the House.
I hope it comes to blows...
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Pelosi says NO immunity &
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]FISA must be exclusive means.
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Is Nancy P. (heaven forbid) our Last Hope?
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She said the right things in her presser today. No telecom immunity, and FISA exclusivity were her two "must haves". Or so she said.
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@GG re: the flu
[Read the article: CNN's John Roberts helps out Mike McConnell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn, hie thee (or send somebody) to your nearest health food type store. Get some Sambucol. Use the bottle as directed. It ain't cheap, but it works. Natural anti-viral, w/ clinical trials to back up its efficacy. Google it.
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@ 'blase
[Read the article: FISA 101]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dude. The White Zone is for loading and unloading ONLY!
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@Paul Dirks, EJ
[Read the article: Jihadis throw a wild bash over the Protect America Act]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not DIRECTLY on point, but this is not good...
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'lette
[Read the article: Jihadis throw a wild bash over the Protect America Act]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As with many things (I'll be damned if I'll make that "most" just yet) you are clearly more well-informed about the specifics than I am.
Your question sure does seem worthy of an answer, though.
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First edition errata
[Read the article: The courts and Congress affirmatively conceal and protect lawbreaking]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]None of the "great controversies" of the Bush years, involving multiple accusations of lawbreaking, war crimes and other forms of serious corruption, has resulted in any legal process or investigations or ajudications because our government officials have been vested with omnipotent instruments to shielded themselves from accountability, or even investigation, of any kind.
Can the ACLU petition the entire Sixth Circuit to re-review, as opposed to a 3 judge panel?
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@ W.E.S.
[Read the article: McCain: Threatening to bomb sovereign countries is "naive"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Waaaaaaay O/T. Have you seen this?
http://tinyurl.com/ynuqte
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Go look
[Read the article: McCain: Threatening to bomb sovereign countries is "naive"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think you'll like it.
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Goofball
[Read the article: McCain: Threatening to bomb sovereign countries is "naive"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It relates to your earlier FZ post
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Bomb Kosovo?
[Read the article: McCain: Threatening to bomb sovereign countries is "naive"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://tinyurl.com/2fj39b
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Another sickening vid
[Read the article: GOP politics in a nutshell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I suppose if I didn't so actively embrace my "BDS", this clip wouldn't make me want to hurl the way it does...
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Follow -up to GG's previous post re: McCain
[Read the article: McConnell/Mukasey: Eavesdropping outside of FISA is "illegal"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/179783.php
TPM says "Now the Post has asked Paxson himself, now retired, and he says, Yep, I met with McCain and asked him to write the letters. And he thinks he remembers Iseman being in the meeting too."
Links in the story itself.
Not looking so good for St. M. on this one.
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RE: Sixty Minutes
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Q: Are the "Oscars" on tonight?
I vaguely recall hearing how "60 Minutes" has seemingly deliberately scheduled some blockbuster story at a time when the fewest number of people were likely to see it. In what passes for my recollection, I remember it as being Sibel Edmond's related, but it might be the Sigelman tale...
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This Nader vid is funny
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Great Orange Satan has it up on his site.
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Kitt
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]"... w/ brushes carved from gold-plated diamonds." 8')
I liked the bit about "here are your laurels..."
Vid was posted two eeks ago. Timely.
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Remarkable Coincidence
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]"60 Minutes broadcast on prosecution of Alabama governor goes dark in some Alabama cities"
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O/T What's with the "buzz up" button?
[Read the article: John King with Mike McConnell: Rare journalistic honesty]
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@ GG re: McConnell threats against Capitol
[Read the article: John King with Mike McConnell: Rare journalistic honesty]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Were you thinking of trent Lott?
August 2, 2007: Senator Lott: Pass Protect America Act and Get Out of Washington Before You Are Killed During the Senate debate over the controversial Protect America Act (see August 5, 2007), Minority Leader Trent Lott (R) says that the threat from terrorism is so dire, and so imminent, that lawmakers should pass the law and then get out of Washington as soon as they can to save their own lives. (Congress goes into recess in a few days.) Lott says that Congress needs to pass the PAA, otherwise, “the disaster could be on our doorstep.” He continues, “I think it would be good to leave town in August, and it would probably be good to stay out until September the 12th.” Lott provides no information about any predictions of an imminent terrorist attack on Washington or anywhere else. [Roll Call, 8/2/2007]
Entity Tags: Protect America Act, Trent Lott
Timeline Tags: Civil Liberties
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@GG re: McConnell threats to Capitol
[Read the article: John King with Mike McConnell: Rare journalistic honesty]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Were you thinking of Trent Lott?
August 2, 2007: Senator Lott: Pass Protect America Act and Get Out of Washington Before You Are Killed During the Senate debate over the controversial Protect America Act (see August 5, 2007), Minority Leader Trent Lott (R) says that the threat from terrorism is so dire, and so imminent, that lawmakers should pass the law and then get out of Washington as soon as they can to save their own lives. (Congress goes into recess in a few days.) Lott says that Congress needs to pass the PAA, otherwise, “the disaster could be on our doorstep.” He continues, “I think it would be good to leave town in August, and it would probably be good to stay out until September the 12th.” Lott provides no information about any predictions of an imminent terrorist attack on Washington or anywhere else. [Roll Call, 8/2/2007]
Entity Tags: Protect America Act, Trent Lott
Timeline Tags: Civil Liberties
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