7R33SandR0P3S's Blog – May 2009 Archive (5)

Complaint Seeks Disbarment of Cheney/Bush Torture Lawyers

Group claims attorneys misused licenses in interrogation tactics memos

Complaints have been filed against: John Yoo, Judge Jay Bybee, and Stephen Bradbury who authored the torture memoranda. As well as attorneys who advised, counseled, consulted and supported those memoranda including Alberto Gonzales, John Ashcroft, Michael Chertoff, Alice Fisher, William Haynes II, Douglas Feith, Michael Mukasey, Timothy Flanigan, and David Addington. These detailed… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on May 18, 2009 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Keep Your Eye on Philip Zelikow - The OLC "torture memos": thoughts from a dissenter

The OLC "torture memos": thoughts from a dissenter

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 9:17am

Source: http://shadow.foreignpolicy

By Philip Zelikow

I first gained access to the OLC memos and learned details about CIA's program for high-value detainees shortly after the set of opinions were issued in May 2005. I did so as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's policy… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on May 18, 2009 at 6:04am — 1 Comment

FYI - Waterboarding IS Torture - Torture is UnConstitutional - Case Law

The wanna-be dictators Cheney/Bush and their slimy legal advisers have broken the supreme law of the land. These CRIMINALS think that they simply change the definitions of words. It reminds me of the ignorant excuse that Slick Willy Clinton used when he said, "It depends on what the definition of is, is."

Yes, I said IGNORANT.

Ignorance is no exception to the law.

This bending the meanings of words is not acceptable. There will be no defense for the

Cheney/Bush torture… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on May 14, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Breaking News from Today's Senate Hearing on the Cheney/Bush Torture Program

On Torture:

Today, during the Senate Hearing it was revealed by the testimony of Ali Soufan (former FBI Supervisory Special Agent) that at the start of the "water boarding", the interrogation was not performed by government authorities but, in fact by non-professional PRIVATE CONTRACTORS.

I hope that the Media will bring this to the forefront.

My reference is CSPAN3 at 11:43 am ET

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Ali Soufan - Bush half… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on May 13, 2009 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Dodd wants waterboarding prosecutions

Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22161.html

By GLENN THRUSH | 5/6/09 4:18 AM EDT

Obama administration officials are backing away from prosecuting Bush administration officials over waterboarding — but Sen. Chris Dodd is rushing headlong in the other direction, citing his father’s experiences as a Nuremberg war crimes… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on May 7, 2009 at 12:00am — 1 Comment