Comments on: The New Yorker‘s Jane Mayer & The Last Lost Detainee

By: JRD

JRD — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:42:18 +0000

Welcome to the real world. They are all in bed with each other and laugh at the dumb voters behind our backs. No change here, move on. It`s time for a new party. They are all just career politicians. What rule of law. The only law is the law to line their own pockets.

By: Strawberry

Strawberry — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:47:18 +0000

Nope. He has already stated he “wants to move forward”. I’m guessing some sort of backdoor deal was made. Don’t go after Bush and his minions and the republicans will not go after all the crap stuffed away in Bam Bam’s closet.

By: MrMike

MrMike — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:39:51 +0000

Don’t be surprised when the media turns on Obama and circulates the story that he is jeopardizing our nation’s security by insisting that we abide by the rule of law. I frankly do not know if Obama has the courage to take this issue on. What do you think?

I will be surprised, if, and when, the media turns on Obama it will be for something less arcane.
Obama will go with the consensus, not what is right.

By: Ellen D

Ellen D — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:21:29 +0000

But will Obama do anything? You could expect that anyone touted as a “constitutional scholar” and professor would fix this.
But will he?

By: mountainaires

mountainaires — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:21:05 +0000

I can barely read this stuff. It’s bad on my blood pressure. I was outraged, and incredibly alarmed, when I first heard about the Yoo/Bybee memos; and I still am. Saw a hopeful post from Glenn Greenwald regarding these issues this morning [Salon.com]. I think Greenwald is overly optimistic about any sort of justice, but I hope I’m wrong. We’ll see; only time will tell. I’ve got Mayer’s book, and when I finish the one I’m currently reading, I’ll tackle this disturbing history of treason by the Bushies, and the lack of initiative to hold them accountable by the Obama administration. It’s so outrageous, and profoundly depressing. No justice to hold war criminals accountable for their incredible destruction; worse, a continuation of those policies.

By: MrMike

MrMike — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:16:53 +0000

Am I wrong in thinking that George Bush broke the law and violated applicable U N resolutions when he oreder the invasion of Iraq? Saddam was meeting the requirements of the AUMF and the U N when we went in. Did Nancy Pelosi shirk her constitutional duty by declaring impeachment hearings off the table?

By: JohnnyB

JohnnyB — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:58:16 +0000

Larry: Thanks for the heads-up on Jane Mayer’s book “The Dark Side”. Many people in W’s administration should be in jail now.

Anyone interested in this topic must read “Chain of Command, the road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib”, by Seymour M. Hersh, published by The Penguin Group, 2004. Shocking that we knew all of this in 2004 and nothing was done throughout the balance of W’s term.

Now is the time for a total review and prosecution of those that broke our laws and subverted our Constitution.