More and more of President Bush's actions against the Geneva Conventions will be made public. We are seeing more of the GOP base backing away from McCain since these announcements. Many of us who left the party years ago are now standing up to the lies and corruption of this Administration.

The pressure from the RNC is so great that Senator McCain will fold up like a cheap patio chair. Even W.F. Buckley Jr's son as left the Republican Party. Christopher resigned from the National Review as he saw the corruption as a negative within the GOP.

Malcolm

How typical of Bush-Cheney. Encourage and support immoral actions by others and do everything possible to maintain deniability.

Tenet should immediately be charged. I was just following orders is not a valid defense. Since he asked for the written verification he knew what he was doing was wrong.

The memos should be de-classified because obviously they are only classified to keep the American people unaware of what the Imperial Executive was doing while violating the law. That is not a valid reason for making them classified.

Once Tenet testifies and the memos are released, Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Pelosi, Reid, and anyone in their offices aware of and that endorsed the program should also be charged and jailed.

Give them all their day in court. It's more than they would give us.

This is the only way to restore faith in our Republic. Failure to do so will cause irreparable harm.

In the book The Dark Side" by Jane Mayer all of the abuse is written about. Cheney and his aide,David Addington with the help of Justice Dept. lawyer, John Yoo, wrote the memo in secret about the terrible methods of torture to use. They even kept this secret from Bush for a time. Here is a summary of the book:

"In the days immediately following September 11, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long-held agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never known in U.S. history, and obliterate constitutional protections that define the very essence of the American experiment.

"The Dark Side is a dramatic, riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United States made terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around the world - decisions that not only violated the Constitution, which White House officials took an oath to uphold, but also hampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In gripping detail, acclaimed New Yorker writer and bestselling author Jane Mayer relates the impact of these decisions - U.S.-held prisoners, some of them completely innocent, were subjected to treatment more reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition than the twenty-first century." "In all cases, whatever the short-term gains, there were incalculable losses in terms of moral standing, our country's place in the world, and its sense of itself."

It was tough to read and the more I read the angrier I became. This administration needs to be held accountable for these things as well as many other criminal acts.

colocritic

This country is run by a group of sadistic animals.

Yes griff, and we keep putting them back in office. The GOP should melt down just like the credit mess. Let Obama have the white house and see if he shows signs of integrity. If he doesn't we must stay as a team and locate a new movement. I have a hunch that Christopher Buckley would be interested in this movement.

The prez race is going to get much more dirty. What, you say does this have to do with the story? Everything. If McCain wins, even with a dem congress, the entirety of the bush/cheney crimes will be buried. If Obama win, along with a dem congress-absent Pelosi who has refused to even investigate-then HOPEFULLY investigations like the Senate Watergate Hearings will happen. Unfortunately, other than 5-6 senators I can't think of any with the prestige, honor and the stones to actually bring out the truth.(I also can't see the courts backing congress like they did back during Watergate. Now whoever has the gold makes the rules and owns the courts)

We prosecuted the japanese after ww2 for waterboarding.

And nothing will happen. Pelosi has already said it. "Impeachment is off the table". There will be no prosecution of anyone for anything. They will all walk away as if no crimes were committed. This administration knew they could do whatever they damned well pleased.

Right now both the dems and the world know that without some cooperation from the ones that hold the confidentiality strings there is no chance of a real trial. When Obama takes over there may be a chance of justice.

As we all know, the problems the new president, and I'm sure it will be Obama as it looks now, will be so great that these criminal matters of the Bush/Cheney group will have to be put on the back burner for a time, at least. Maybe Kucinich and Wexler will take up the reigns again and get it moving. Let's hope so.

However, do they want to get bogged down in something like this in the first few months of a new administration when the Iraq war and the economy will be front and center? Obama has said he is going to review the signing statements and see, if any of them are illegal, and if so, do something about those.

I can't wait for the door to hit them all on the way out on Jan 20, 2009! Just think, we may never have to see or listen to W again!!! What a good thought.

colocritic

I disagree. Obama needs do nothing more than stop our executive branch from stonewalling. When requests for information are no longer being blocked then the truth can be known.

The blame game is how criminals are caught and punished.

Look back.

Place blame.

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