Comments on: DOJ Releases OLC Memos: Why Hide Bradbury’s Legal Smackdown?

By: john in sacramento

john in sacramento — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:24:38 +0000

Then there’s this, not from today, and not on topic, but …

New documents on Bush-era torture, secret detention, extraordinary rendition

February 12, 2009, New York and Washington, DC—Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit confirm Department of Defense involvement in the CIA’s ghost detention program, revealed three prominent human rights groups today. The groups—Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ)—today released documents obtained from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Department of State (DOS), resulting from their lawsuit seeking the disclosure of government documents that relate to secret detention, extraordinary rendition, and torture. At a public press conference, the groups revealed that these documents confirm the existence of secret prisons at Bagram and in Iraq; affirm the DOD’s cooperation with the CIA’s ghost detention program; and show one case where the DOD sought to delay the release of Guantánamo prisoners who were scheduled to be sent home by a month and a half in order to avoid bad press.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/2.....a-torture/

By: jakebob

jakebob — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:24:19 +0000

Clue me in, please, legal eagles….
Am I correct in surmising that you can skate away from a federal rap if you can just conceal/suppress the evidence long enough for the Statute of Limitations to put 5 years between you and the actual criminal act? Do obstruction of justice considerations impact this at all?

By: siri

siri — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:24:06 +0000

and whenever i get ticked at Muckassy i conjure up DiFi and Schumer and send them a silent “prayer”……………………..

By: siri

siri — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:18:32 +0000

Mukasey*
his name ticks me off to point of letting fly without doing my pre-checking for sp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: siri

siri — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:17:35 +0000

McCassey should be brought up on charges for condoning all the chit he condoned as AG, doncha think?
need to finish reading but no one ever says JACK about that and him!

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:45:30 +0000

Yes, the lack of any presonal responsibility from Bradbury was deafening. If you think this one is bad, wait until you read the 1/15/09 one.

Livid…

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:42:45 +0000

Imagine if McCain had been elected…

By: Jkat

Jkat — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:39:51 +0000

oh ..btw .. i’d put the lawyers i read here at the Lake up against the bushco evil lawyers any damn day ..

y’all are Awesome …

By: Jkat

Jkat — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:37:23 +0000

it’s “1984 ” .. all over again … doublespeak much do they ??

By: Redshift

Redshift — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:36:45 +0000

Because hanging him around the necks of the GOP is effective politics. They’ve managed to get Rush and Steele to engage in a verbal slap-fight, which is great. No need for us sane people to pay attention to the details, though.