  Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 1865 Registered: 01-2008 |
"In the Bush administration, the Office of Legal Counsel gave a green light to many objectionable policies, from a lawless expansion of executive power to the use of torture. President Obama has nominated Dawn Johnsen to lead the office, but her nomination is being attacked by Republican senators who still prefer the Bush approach." ~snip~ "The Office of Legal Counsel is little known to the public, but it plays an important role in guiding national policy. As the legal adviser to the executive branch, it informs the White House and the agencies about what the law requires — and what it prohibits. The office was thrust into the limelight a few years ago when word leaked out of an O.L.C. torture memo that cleared the way for horrific forms of interrogation." ~snip~ "Republican senators’ harsh criticism of the nomination is groundless. They have questioned Ms. Johnsen’s commitment to fighting terrorism, but their main complaint seems to be her opposition to torture and to extreme views on presidential power. Her critics are outraged that early in her career, Ms. Johnsen worked for an abortion-rights advocacy group, but her views on abortion are hardly unusual." A Legal Adviser Worthy of the Job It certainly appears that Ms. Johnsen is quite capable of exposing more of any torture skeletons buried deeper in the Bush/Cheney closets than Republicans would want the public to know about. It also explains why they are attacking her abortion stance and may filibuster approving her nomination. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19751 Registered: 11-2006 |
Lawless expansion of executive power? How about unconstitutional confiscatory taxation and spending/printing money so rapidly that the dollar's value will be in jeopardy very soon (so much so, that the treasury secretary is open to abandon the dollar in favor of a new currency), and the interest on the spending alone will cripple the economy for decades. Now that is what I call lawless expansion...by guess who? | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 1874 Registered: 01-2008 |
"LONDON — A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration officials violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an official close to the case said." "The case, against former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and others, was sent to the prosecutor’s office for review by Baltasar Garzón, the crusading investigative judge who ordered the arrest of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The official said that it was “highly probable” that the case would go forward and that it could lead to arrest warrants" ~snip~ "The complaint under review also names John C. Yoo, the former Justice Department lawyer who wrote secret legal opinions saying the president had the authority to circumvent the Geneva Conventions, and Douglas J. Feith, the former under secretary of defense for policy." ~snip~ "Spain can claim jurisdiction in the case because five citizens or residents of Spain who were prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have said they were tortured there. The five had been indicted in Spain, but their cases were dismissed after the Spanish Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained under torture was not admissible." Spanish Court Weighs Inquiry on Torture for 6 Bush-Era Officials funcionario problematico? Si!! Si!! | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 19797 Registered: 11-2006 |
Yawn....keep looking back as Obama ruins your future liberals. | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 1829 Registered: 12-2007 |
He's ruining your future too... Its not like he is ruining it for one group battery |
