Dennis
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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: B.O.M.B. to ignore Code Titty Pink |
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FROM HOT AIR
HEAD: Obama won't investigate terror interrogators
Strike another hope of the Left from the incoming Barack Obama
administration. Associated Press reports that Obama will not pursue
criminal investigations into the interrogations of terrorist detainees once
in office. He plans instead a forward-looking panel to return
recommendations for future policy rather than pursue a potentially divisive
prosecutorial policy:
Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges
against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh
interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency.
Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some
constitutional scholars and human rights groups to investigate possible war
crimes by the Bush administration.
Two Obama advisers said there's little - if any - chance that the incoming
president's Justice Department will go after anyone involved in authorizing
or carrying out interrogations that provoked worldwide outrage. .
Obama has committed to reviewing interrogations on al-Qaida and other terror
suspects. After he takes office in January, Obama is expected to create a
panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission to study interrogations, including
those using waterboarding and other tactics that critics call torture. The
panel's findings would be used to ensure that future interrogations are
undisputedly legal.
As the AP points out, Bush could pre-empt any investigation simply by
issuing pardons to those involved in interrogations. In fact, Bush is
likely to do just that, and he may start soon. Now that the elections have
concluded (except in Georgia), the political risk is nil, and it would
protect the people on whom he relied to keep the nation safe. The only
person Bush couldn't pardon would be himself, and the spectacle of a
President prosecuting his predecessor would explode partisan passions in
Washington, bringing the capital to a halt for years.
As Patrick Leahy bluntly put it, that's simply not going to happen. Obama
needs to demonstrate that he can move forward with his own agenda. He'll be
satisfied to generate a finding that gives Bush a historical black mark, if
even that much. The latest signals seem to indicate that Obama may not have
that much interest in the issue and could relegate it to a low-profile, pro
forma effort.
How would that play politically? The MoveOn/Code Pink wing of his support
will be outraged, but they live in perpetual outrage, and they'll get over
it . eventually. Putting aside a divisive effort targeting the outgoing
administration might win Obama some good will from the Republicans, at least
in the initial months of his administration. When George Bush leaves
office, a great deal of the focus on him will also depart, which will make
any attempt to prosecute intel agents who relied on Justice findings of
legality both unwelcome and unwise.
I think a careful review of interrogation policy, with a non-partisan and
credible panel using an open mind cognizant of the dangers we face, wouldn't
necessarily be a bad idea. We do have a responsibility to set rational
policies for national security, and that should involve periodic oversight
of how those policies get implemented in the field. I'm not certain that we
can actually get a non-partisan panel with an open mind, but at the least we
should support an attempt to do so.
************
Heh, heh, heh, Code Titty Pink is seeing red and gettin' blue in the face
o'er the brown skinned B.O.M.B.
I predict voter regret within six months of B.O.M.B. (Beee-ooo, the Monkey
Boy) occupying Da Honky Crib in Da Hood (formerly the White House). Check
out left wing-nut blogs...it's already starting, and B.O.M.B (Beee-ooo, the
Monkey Boy), he ain't even done swored on de bible yet.
It's gonna be fun watching the implosion.
I grieve for my Republic
Dionysus |
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Dennis
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: B.O.M.B. to ignore Code Titty Pink |
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"Poison" <poisonthemonkey@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Nov 18, 1:07 pm, "Dennis" <no.surren...@never.net> wrote:
| Quote: | FROM HOT AIR
HEAD: Obama won't investigate terror interrogators
Strike another hope of the Left from the incoming Barack Obama
administration. Associated Press reports that Obama will not pursue
criminal investigations into the interrogations of terrorist detainees
once
in office. He plans instead a forward-looking panel to return
recommendations for future policy rather than pursue a potentially
divisive
prosecutorial policy:
Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal
charges
against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh
interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush
presidency.
Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some
constitutional scholars and human rights groups to investigate possible
war
crimes by the Bush administration.
Two Obama advisers said there's little - if any - chance that the incoming
president's Justice Department will go after anyone involved in
authorizing
or carrying out interrogations that provoked worldwide outrage. .
Obama has committed to reviewing interrogations on al-Qaida and other
terror
suspects. After he takes office in January, Obama is expected to create a
panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission to study interrogations, including
those using waterboarding and other tactics that critics call torture. The
panel's findings would be used to ensure that future interrogations are
undisputedly legal.
As the AP points out, Bush could pre-empt any investigation simply by
issuing pardons to those involved in interrogations. In fact, Bush is
likely to do just that, and he may start soon. Now that the elections have
concluded (except in Georgia), the political risk is nil, and it would
protect the people on whom he relied to keep the nation safe. The only
person Bush couldn't pardon would be himself, and the spectacle of a
President prosecuting his predecessor would explode partisan passions in
Washington, bringing the capital to a halt for years.
As Patrick Leahy bluntly put it, that's simply not going to happen. Obama
needs to demonstrate that he can move forward with his own agenda. He'll
be
satisfied to generate a finding that gives Bush a historical black mark,
if
even that much. The latest signals seem to indicate that Obama may not
have
that much interest in the issue and could relegate it to a low-profile,
pro
forma effort.
How would that play politically? The MoveOn/Code Pink wing of his support
will be outraged, but they live in perpetual outrage, and they'll get over
it . eventually. Putting aside a divisive effort targeting the outgoing
administration might win Obama some good will from the Republicans, at
least
in the initial months of his administration. When George Bush leaves
office, a great deal of the focus on him will also depart, which will make
any attempt to prosecute intel agents who relied on Justice findings of
legality both unwelcome and unwise.
I think a careful review of interrogation policy, with a non-partisan and
credible panel using an open mind cognizant of the dangers we face,
wouldn't
necessarily be a bad idea. We do have a responsibility to set rational
policies for national security, and that should involve periodic oversight
of how those policies get implemented in the field. I'm not certain that
we
can actually get a non-partisan panel with an open mind, but at the least
we
should support an attempt to do so.
************
Heh, heh, heh, Code Titty Pink is seeing red and gettin' blue in the face
o'er the brown skinned B.O.M.B.
I predict voter regret within six months of B.O.M.B. (Beee-ooo, the Monkey
Boy) occupying Da Honky Crib in Da Hood (formerly the White House). Check
out left wing-nut blogs...it's already starting, and B.O.M.B (Beee-ooo,
the
Monkey Boy), he ain't even done swored on de bible yet.
It's gonna be fun watching the implosion.
I grieve for my Republic
Dionysus
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Hot air is an apt description. Is something wrong with you? Code Titty
Pink? So you're not only racist, but sexist?
*************
Heh, heh, heh...too easy.
I predict voter regret within six months of B.O.M.B. (Beee-ooo, the Monkey
Boy) occupying Da Honky Crib in Da Hood (formerly the White House). Check
out left wing-nut blogs...it's already starting, and B.O.M.B (Beee-ooo, the
Monkey Boy), he ain't even done swored on de bible yet.
It's gonna be fun watching the implosion.
I grieve for my Republic
Dionysus |
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