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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:07 PM Original message |
(AG) Holder: 'follow law' in US interrogation probe ("No one is above the law") |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. PROSECUTIONS ARE COMING! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. We've heard THAT one before. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:44 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. THIS time we have the prez and AG behind getting the TRUTHOUT |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Now we're talking. |
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Jeroen (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Recommended! n/t |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. "No-one above the law" Yessss! ! /nt |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. That's what stood out to me, too |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Agreed. Both the buck and the credit stop with Obama. You cannot have it only one way,. If you |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hmmm. Let me try an experiment |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Sigh... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Sigh |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No, it's not supposed to make you feel good about anything... |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. So why did we execute those folks at Nuremberg who were following |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. "We" didn't...there were what 22 people... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. What does the number of people proseuted have to do with anything? Point is, we killed people over |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Well..when you assert that the |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. You nailed it... |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. "We" |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. So this is good faith |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. not really...the military trains you.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. To plead entrapment by estoppel successfully, the defendant must show that his or her |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I'm aware. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Why didn't that argument work at Nuremberg? |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Because it obviously didn't apply. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Fuck you.... |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Awww, cute. -nt |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. No. Torture has been illegal for DECADES. This was not a secret. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yes... and? |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. hooey |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Neither is the law tissue paper. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. OLC doesn't make laws |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Completely 100% irrelevent. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. no it's germane to both of our arguments |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I'm perfectly well aware of the reasonableness criteria. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. and that's a misread-- |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No, you're the one misreading the situation. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. your point 3 |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. No, you're wrong. |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. right |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. No.. NOT "was the advice valid". |
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Snazzy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. yep |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I don't like it but if we have to grant some immunity to the "good Germans" to get to the Furher |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I'll have to live with it, yes |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. That is not why we are granting them immunity, though. You are thinking of immunity |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. That really is pretty much a drop-line for an AG. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Meh. I'm waiting for convictions, if any. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. is it up to Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. That is Levin's recommendation.. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. off to the greatest with ye |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. I like the words. Hopefully, he will back them up. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. They should quadruple his secret service and double his pay!!! Good For Him |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. It sounds promising |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. The language is getting more encouraging |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. If anyone is looking for a job, I bet the AG's office is hiring - get those resumes in |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. The link is not working for me. But I'm hoping Holder will follow the FULL body of law. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. The Convention Against Torture requires us to prosecute, but the devil is always in the details. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Holder needs to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate law breaking |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. "...President Barack Obama opened the door ..." i'm sick of the disinfo |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. No wonder the republicans didn't want him for AG! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. New legal precedent: "Spirit" of law trumps Letter of law. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. If this comes about |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. they got the message |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. Did they? They're willing to let torturers walk, even though torture has been illegal for decades. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. mmmmm |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. 1-follow the law, 2-reveal the evidence, 3-convict - Yes We Can |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. Alrighty then! However,I feel that the military higher ups will be getting a |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yep. The military got treated worse than the civilans will--and we DEMAND that they follow orders. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. >>"We're going to follow the evidence wherever it takes us, follow the law wherever that takes us," |
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aceofspades (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's unclear what Holder means by "law" |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
51. K & R for later reading. n/t |
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