Do you suspect some Democrats knew of/approved of/were informed of torture?...

[Postman]

And how much of a roadblock would it be in not pursuing this to it's bitter end?

Let the chips fall where they may, I say.

Drain the swamp.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. These will be interesting times.

Goddam right, drain the swamp.

I think some Congressional Dems knew but couldn't speak out about classified stuff.

[frogcycle]

2. suspect?

It is a given. Probably most did not comprehend the extent of what they were going along with, as, in fairness, neither probably did a lot of republicans. But they knew at the very least that the limits were being pushed - hard.

[Taverner]

3. You mean other than Joe Lieberman?

[Bluebear]

13. They specified "Democrats" here.

:evilgrin:

[Canuckistanian]

19. Lieberman was a Dem at the time

So, it's still a valid question.

[spanone]

4. hope not but afraid so

[EFerrari]

5. We know they were informed. Ranking members were briefed.

And that was prior to the Abu Ghraib images. :shrug:

[Laelth]

6. Of course they knew.

But they were merely "informed" for national security and Constitutional purposes. They had no decision-making authority in this matter.

:dem:

-Laelth

[ProSense]

7. "approved of"?

Wow, let's make up unfounded speculation and proceed to conducting a witch hunt instead of a real investigation.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Yes, next question?

[mitchtv]

9. Pelosi admitted as much

It was all classified, she couldn't say a word

[ProSense]

12. No she

didn't.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. except of course your link is about the Hartman affair, not torture.

[gamecock]

10. Duh

I'm sure quite a few from both parties knew about torture.

[spanone]

11. bu$h* and cheney attended torture sessions with their spouses?

[Hekate]

14. Committee members (Defense, etc) were given top secret info--very selective, of course...

In other words I think they were often lied to by the Bushites. However they were and are also sworn to secrecy.

I don't know how much culpability is there, but yes, some may have known of torture.

Hekate

[MrSlayer]

15. Of course. The Neos are in both parties.

Adn we need to get rid of all of them.

[Individualist]

23. Hear, hear!

[Warren Stupidity]

16. 'suspect'? It is a plain fact.

[Occam Bandage]

18. At the moment, no.

By that I mean there is absolutely no evidence of any illegal behavior on the part of Democrats, and I see no reason why we would want to expand public suspicion away from the Republicans we know were behind torture and towards Democrats who maybe once were told that somebody thought waterboarding wasn't torture.

[salguine]

20. Why do you think certain key Democrats dug in their heels and fought

tooth and nail against impeachment or any investigations even though they were in control of both houses of Congress for two years already? There are plenty of Democrats up to their eyeballs in all this shit too. They knew what was going on, and anyone who says they didn't is in denial.

You're right, Postman. Drain the swamp indeed.

[havocmom]

21. yeah, and I bet they all are also are on some recorded phone conversations too

just a logical conclusion.

[emilyg]

22. Yes they knew.

[choie]

24. Let's face it...

Jay Rockefeller and Carl Levin were also aware of what was going on.