How Bush Deceived America, Congress - and Even the Supreme Court - on His Pro-Torture Policies

[BradBlog]

How Bush Deceived America, Congress - and Even the Supreme Court - on His Pro-Torture Policies
NY Times Investigative Report Details Secret Efforts to Allow Administration to Continue Torture Policies - No Matter What
VIDEO BONUS: Daily Show's Jon Stewart Interviews Jack Goldsmith, Who Tried to Fight Back From Within the DoJ...

While folks may have heard about the New York Times report last week concerning the secret DoJ memos created to give legal cover to the Administration to continue their policies of torturing prisoners of war, we suspect that most have not read the full, detailed 5-page investigative report.

But it's an important one, and it details the lengths to which the Bush team went to keep their pro-torture policies in place, even in the face of a DoJ rebellion, Congressional legislation, and even Supreme Court decisions.

In short, secret machinations and politicization at the DoJ, meant that Bush knew he'd be able to continue with torture as usual, even when he signed the Detainee Treatment Act in December 2005, meant to ban the "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of prisoners in American custody.

The NYTimes story included an excellent sidebar graphic summarizing the timeline and main beats in the "Interrogation Wars" from DoJ to the White House to Congress to the Supreme Court. Since the graphic is too wide to easily run on most blogs, we've recreated the short, easy to read timeline in text format below. We'd strongly suggest, if nothing else, you familiarize yourself with it so you understand, in simple terms, the con game that has been played out here by this Administration.

As a bonus, we've also got the video from last Thursday Daily Show with John Stewart in which he interviews Jack Goldsmith, once the head of the DoJ's Office of Legal Counsel, and the man who fought back, along with Dep. AG James Comey, against the outrageous and unprecedented policies...

COMPLETE STORY, SIDEBAR TIMELINE GRAPHIC IN TEXT FORMAT
& JON STEWART'S VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH JACK GOLDSMITH:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5144

[proud patriot]

1. Thanks

:patriot:

[liberalmuse]

2. You can only decieve those who allow it.

To think this idiot could take us this far is not a condemnation of him. It is a condemnation of every single American.

[Hydra]

3. I'm rec'ing cuz the torture issue drives me nuts

But there was no deception involved. Bush kept it secret so he wouldn't have to defend it, like the wiretapping. We knew it was happening and had his blessing, despite all the opposition.

I'm surprised he hasn't demanded congress "make it legal" lately.

[BradBlog]

4. And I'm rec'ing cuz folks need to review this article!

I've written the Times quick summary/timeline version into text for easy copy and pasting! Blog storm?

[mmonk]

5. I don't see how he deceived anybody myself.

I kept close watch at what the lawyers ar CCR were saying.

[L. Coyote]

6. K & R & IMPEACH