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If it's been said already great but still bears repeating:
This guy, IMO, was in the middle of it all:
It is now obvious that the impetus for suspension of constitutional protections and broad executive power emanated from the office of the vice president, and the OVP counsel, David Addington. From a recent article about Jack Goldsmith:
[ Months later, when Goldsmith tried to question another presidential decision, Addington expressed his views even more pointedly. "If you rule that way," Addington exclaimed in disgust, Goldsmith recalls, "the blood of the hundred thousand people who die in the next attack will be on your hands."]
Thus it is clear that anyone within the administration who had the spine to challenge the Cheney/Addington/Gonzales constitutional suspensions was threatened with the familiar refrain of "if you oppose these powers, you will enable terrorists."
Not invective but a respectful debate with a very reasonable legal mind (unelected I might add).
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/5/8535/23203
Remembering too Addington's sneering at Congressman King that King had "outed" Addington to al quida. War criminal.
