BUSH AND THE GOP DELIVER ANOTHER BLACK-EYE TO THE REPUBLIC
Over to you, new Mr. Attorney General, who doesn't know torture when you see it. Is it common to destroy evidence in legal cases brought against terrorists, ...[pic: AP, 'You don't have any clue how big my eraser is, do you, Judge?']
You come up with your own legal theory about the Powers of the President, either as a signing statement or otherwise (you know, Yoo-who and yahoo ...).
Then, rather than face up to the legal consequences of such unilateral course, namely that you could be found wrong, you destroy the evidence ... Carefully, to avoid trampling records keeping laws ...
Now, what would Mansfield say about that, I wonder?
And we wonder why people are afraid of the USA ... *sigh*
Bush-Cheney really have brought disgrace to the office. Conduct unbecoming doesn't cover it...
And we wonder why people are afraid of the USA ... *sigh* Bush-Cheney really have brought disgrace to the office. Conduct unbecoming doesn't cover it, I don't think.Bush-Cheney really have brought disgrace to the office. Conduct unbecoming doesn't cover it...
These were actions taken in the name of the People of the United States - you and me, not some private real-estate deal or tryst cover-up.
TEA LEAVES?
Just another piece in the puzzle of why Zubaydah was prosecuted when he was, maybe ... and others have yet to have any action whatsoever, it seems (I don't keep track of the numbers, but can sense that the whole issue of when/how to prosecute those being held is set to get dumped on the next Executive, mostly).
MUKASEY GETS FIRST-HAND EXPOSURE TO WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BUSHIE
Over to you, new Mr. Attorney General, who doesn't know torture when you see it. Is it common to destroy evidence in legal cases brought against terrorists, because it no longer has 'intelligence value'? Or was this a one-off? I guess there is no chance for a re-trial of Zubaydah, eh?
THE EXTRAORDINARY POWERS OF THE CIA
Aren't we glad that we centralized everything and made the DNI into such a powerful position?
They even get to decide what to keep and what to discard! Nice work, if you can get it [not that this is to be believed]:
The decision to destroy the tapes was made within CIA itself. -Michael Hayden
Btw, Marty Lederman has the best take - one that sort-of says it all, in this context - on a similar line from Hayden, "These decisions were made years ago": "[Note the passive voice.]" (which masks who the actors are).
Nice try, Hayden ...
