Comments on: Federal Judge Orders Administration to Explain the Destruction of CIA Torture Tapes; Finds Tapes to be Evidence

By: U.S. Interrogators Told to Destroy Notes to “Minimize Certain Legal Issues” « JONATHAN TURLEY

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:49:01 +0000

[...] This is a continuation of a pattern of destruction and obstruction by this Administration. It is clear that Bush officials knew and expected to be faced with allegations of criminal acts. They openly discussed the need to destroy evidence in anticipation of legal proceeding, click here. [...]

By: Patty C

Patty C — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:31:51 +0000

With all due respect to the federal rules of evidence, may I enter into the Records, “Shout Outs to Judges Roberts and Hellerstein – men after my own heart. A Valentine’s Day court date is a nice touch, too!”

VC, a link for you and beginning your money trail…

http://thehill.com/david-keene/feinsteins-cardinal-shenanigans-2007-04-30.html

By: Vincent Caminiti

Vincent Caminiti — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:35:49 +0000

The road to reconciliation is never so quickly paved as when it is mutually beneficial as an escape route. After all, the electorate did want to see more bi-partisanship. We just didn’t think it was going to come in the form of Congressional lawmakers, irrespective of Party, disregarding the fundamental tenets of our liberty and 21st Century common decency.

Somehow though, this picture doesn’t yet seem quite complete. While it may not be central to the numerous charges that could likely result … something is missing. The MacGuffin, if you will. It seems that there is always a pot of gold at the end of one of these vignettes. It may come as career advancement or even frozen blocks of cash – but – its always there … somewhere. Another no-show job is just not enough meat on that bone.

When someone with the brains and the trained snout to find the dough, like so many expensive white truffles, we’ll be further dumb-founded that we were only focused on the ideologues and not their bank deposits, because in the end … ideologues are rarely poor. Money is what makes them ideologues. If they’re poor, they’re merely annoying.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:52:06 +0000

Of COURSE none of the top Republican and Democratic leaders want to have a serious criminal investigation into the crime of torture! They’re worried, and some of them rightly so, that THEY will be open to criminal prosecutions themselves after the investigation is concluded! That’s why all of them refused to say waterboarding is torture to begin with. As you pointed out on COUNTDOWN, very accurately, it is a crime to torture people, even suspected terrorists. Too many government officials would possibly be indicted, tried and convicted, including one or two top officials at the White House.