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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:58 PM Original message |
Obama to CIA: No Accountability for Torture |
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Timefortruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's the way I saw it too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. He already called CIA torturers dedicated and courageous last week. n/t |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. You want to blow up the agency? Do you consider any other policy initiative worth pursuing? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What gray area? The UN, the ICRC and ACLU don't seem to believe |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. maybe not 'grey' but there are many who understand it isn't the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The UN rapporteur said the law is very clear. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. what isn't clear is how difficult it would be to make an |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Actually, the Spanish prosecutor (not the AG, who is a political appointee) |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. oh boy... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It could just as well be me. There's a big old heat wave here. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I've Always wanted the agency to Blow Up... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Most people seem to believe CIA is just another bunch of boy scouts |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I believe every bad thing and movie plot, but do we want waste the Obama opportunity on it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. He has to manage both or isn't the "opporunity" a waste of time? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. oh BULLSHIT! |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. he will never hold those who committed crimes against humanity accountable- |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Ok- fair enough- that he will never hold anyone who performed |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. i watched and didn't hear him say that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. If anyone finds a transcript, I"d like to read it over. n/t |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've never been comfortable with referring it to as "so-called" torture. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You make a very good point about DoJ AND Congress. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. somebody needs to call it what it is --- illegal |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Amen! |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's all bullshit. Smoke and mirrors. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That's what people forget... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Transcript |
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thedeanpeople (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. K&R |
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