His decision is purely political, not moral. He doesn’t want the public passion inflamed. He’s on the wrong side on the torture issue.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=194767-1

Unlike his predecessor this man not only listens, he thinks!

“NEW YORK – The Obama administration announced today that it is reversing its promise to make public photos depicting detainee abuse by U.S. personnel overseas. The Department of Defense had told a federal judge that it would release a “substantial number” of photos in response to a court ruling in an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

The following can be attributed to Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU:

“The Obama administration’s adoption of the stonewalling tactics and opaque policies of the Bush administration flies in the face of the president’s stated desire to restore the rule of law, to revive our moral standing in the world and to lead a transparent government. This decision is particularly disturbing given the Justice Department’s failure to initiate a criminal investigation of torture crimes under the Bush administration.”

Madam Pelosi when briefed about torture succumbed to what Mike S. refers to as “Her insider status… she swallowed any qualms she might have had and totally abdicated her clear constitutional responsibility.” Now she covers up with lies and is getting caught.

As JT so succinctly points out, when the MSM debates the effectiveness of torture it too is guilty of deriding the truth. John Yoo, Harry Reid, et all, behave in the same way when defending their actions with regard to institutionally violating the constitution.

We the people seem to be in the first of three stages. The second will occur once a Special Prosecutor begins investigating the tortured truth. Let’s let them continue defending their treasonous behavior in publicly recorded forums.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer

I also might add his uncle, CV Starr, is one and the same
of AIG fame and former CEO Maurice Greenberg’s mentor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Starr

Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American lawyer and former judge and solicitor general who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the suicide death of the deputy White House counsel Vince Foster and the Whitewater land transactions by U.S. President Bill Clinton. He later submitted to Congress the Starr Report, which opened the door for Clinton’s impeachment based on charges arising from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Starr currently serves as dean of Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California. He has also filed a lawsuit to invalidate more than 18,000 marriages in California based on Proposition 8. Kenneth Starr is also the nephew of insurance tycoon C.V. Starr.
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Having caught just the last part of this weekend’s CSPAN2 John Yoo Book discussion from 2006, sorely reminded me, yet again, how much did not get accomplished while he was Special Prosecutor and how much money it cost to find nothing.

I think I actually prefer the ‘open forum’ we’re having now
- AND it’s ‘free’…

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=194767-1

John Yoo talked about his book, War by Other Means: An Insider’s Account of the War on Terror, published by Atlantic Monthly Press. Mr. Yoo argued that the traditional balance of powers must shift to the executive branch when America is at war. He described how the Bush administration grappled with the legal questions brought about by the events of September 11 and the early days of the war on terrorism. At that time Mr. Yoo served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice. Issues included the designation of the remains of the World Trade Center as a crime scene or a battlefield. Until that question was answered, the president’s legal authority to act was unclear.

After his presentation, Mr. Yoo was joined in discussion by former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and Professor Jeffrey Rosen. The discussion was moderated by Mr. Schmitt. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience.
American Enterprise Institute

Seemingly qualified people there,and the senators were so busy going to vote,going to meetings and then Whitehouse had to catch a flight.What a joke.Lindsey Graham was very arrogant in his questioning.This very important issue,What a joke.

It’s why I worry again, that Congress will not step up to the plate and function as an actual branch of govt. They need to clean out their own people and elevate those who protect the Constitution. They need to stand up to the current executive in his quest to grab unimagined powers for himself. The Congress should select new leaders and start a self investigation. They should tell Holder they will impeach him if he will not appoint an independent special prosecutor.

I realize there are many people who say wait. To me, this is a dangerous course of action. When powerful people are out of control and amassing more power, they must be stopped sooner, rather than later. It is possible cheney might have been stopped by a Congress willing to take a stand. It is possible that Obama’s executive overreaching and Congressional leadership’s complicity with torture can be stopped and independent investigations of bushco begun if an agressive, actual third governing branch will step forward and act.

The problem with lying, the other person has to sing to the fishes. They can’t sign as they might be bound and wound with lime related slippers.