What the new Jim Comey torture emails actually reveal

Salon by Glenn Greenwald | Jun. 7, 2009 (News Analysis)

The primary argument against prosecutions for Bush officials who ordered torture is that DOJ lawyers told the White House that these tactics were legal, and White House officials therefore had the right to rely on those legal opinions. The premise is that White House officials inquired in good faith with the DOJ about what they could and could not do under the law, and only ordered those tactics which the DOJ lawyers told them were legal. As these Comey ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 9, 2009 - 4:11 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 9, 2009

Greenwald finds the New York Times playing patsy to leakers from the Bush administration, as he points out the the Comey emails actually destroy defense arguments that Bush and Cheney and toadies might use when charged with torture war crimes. Thorough and insightful.

Prosecute the sociopaths. (How do you say that in Spanish?)

the real story here is obvious — these DOJ memos authorizing torture were anything but the by-product of independent, good faith legal ... More »

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These DOJ memos, like the CIA reports, were all engineered by the White House to give cover to what they wanted to do; ... More »

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