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| AG Holder May Probe Torture Anyway |
| 2009-07-12 |
| Or he may just be playing some sort of game forpolicical purposes. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is leaning toward appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether CIA personnel tortured terrorism suspects after Sept. 11, 2001, setting the stage for a conflict with administration officials who would prefer the issues remain in the past, according to three sources familiar with his thinking. Naming a prosecutor to probe alleged abuses during the darkest period in the Bush era would run counter to President Obama's oft-repeated desire to be "looking forward and not backwards." Top political aides have expressed concern that such an investigation might spawn partisan debates that could overtake Obama's ambitious legislative agenda. Every cloud has a silver lining! The White House successfully resisted efforts by congressional Democrats to establish a "truth and reconciliation" panel. But fresh disclosures have continued to emerge about detainee mistreatment, including a secret CIA watchdog report, recently reviewed by Holder, highlighting several episodes that could be likened to torture. Holder's decision could come within weeks, around the same time the Justice Department releases an ethics report about Bush lawyers who drafted memos supporting harsh interrogation practices, the sources said. The legal documents spell out in sometimes painstaking detail how interrogators were allowed to subject detainees to simulated drowning, sleep deprivation, wall slamming and confinement in small, dark spaces. So let's just probe it until there's nothing left to probe. Just make sure it includes Pelosi, Eric. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 A precedent is being set. Hope the new AG after the 2012 election probes the financial dealings of Obama's staff. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-07-12 14:29 |
| #2 Its the fable of the frog and scorpion. The Donks can't stop themselves, it's their nature. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-07-12 08:14 |
| #1 He's a media and news tool, a walking fog machine. Anything to keep it all stirred up and everyone's attentions diverted. DoJ should be busy investigating the growing threat from domestic terrorism and the link to the US prison system, as well as the ACORN crowd, but as we all know, that will never happen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-07-12 07:37 |