24 former intel officials demand hold on Mukasey.
24 former intel officials demand hold on Mukasey.
In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee heads Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA), 24 former intelligence officials today urged the senators to “not send [Attorney General nominee Michael] Mukasey’s nomination to the full Senate before he makes clear his view on waterboarding.” From the letter:
If Mukasey continues to drag his feet, you need only to facilitate a classified briefing for him on waterboarding and the C.I.A. interrogation program. He will then be able to render an informed legal opinion. We strongly suggest that you sit in on any such briefing and that you invite the chairman and the ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to take part as well. Receiving the same briefing at the same time (and, ideally, having it taped) should enhance the likelihood of candor and make it possible for all to be–and to stay–on the same page on this delicate issue.
If the White House refuses to allow such a briefing, your committee must, in our opinion, put a hold on Mukasey’s nomination. We are aware that the president warned last week that it will be either Mukasey as our attorney general or no one. So be it.
Read the entire letter HERE.
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November 5th, 2007 at 7:12 pmsupport the nomination of Mukasey…!!
Feingold and Schumer don’t know how to read anything that is not printed on Geoge Bush’s ass.
So this letter will be lost on them, just like their next election.
Net rooters must band together to get rid of the Liberman spineless dems.
Chaotic Modulaiton
November 5th, 2007 at 7:14 pmhttp://www.yabbadabbahubbado.com
Fine* American Waterboarding by Feinstein-Schumer LLC. *we use only Vichy Sparkling Mineral Water…
The government of the Deciders, by the Deciders and for the Deciders shall not perish…
signed,
November 5th, 2007 at 7:17 pmDecider Bush,
Decider Musharrah.
If the White House refuses to allow such a briefing, your committee must, in our opinion, put a hold on Mukasey’s nomination. We are aware that the president warned last week that it will be either Mukasey as our attorney general or no one. So be it.
How about we answer GW Botch’s nomination with an impeachment or two (2)!!!!!!! Phu(ck Botch (unless your a useless spine DemoCrap and then you kiss up, right Chuck Schmucker? You useless spineless DemoRat!!!
Sen. Schmucker (D-Israel, NY) and Dyin’ FindingGold (D-Israel, CA) need new jobs!!!
THIS SHIT MUST END!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 7:18 pmTwo words: Recess appointment.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:21 pmWe are at the point where the hundereds of Government Whistleblowers across the country need to call a press conference and announce that they will advise “the good candidates†and will then help protect them as they travel throughout the United States.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:26 pmMore and more it looks like congress persons are either being blackmailed or bribed… this unending control of congress is happeing because something will happen to those who oppose Bush.
People are clearly ignoring every fact and acting in some self interest that goes above the law…
“Something is rotten in Denmark”so the saying goes… there is every sign that the system is fixed… nothing fits anymore
November 5th, 2007 at 7:29 pmLooking on the sunny side of things, the apparent defection of “24 former intelligence officials” is another encouraging sign. More people are seeing that Bushco is an inept attempt at tyranny with each passing day.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:30 pmFeingold and Schumer don’t know how to read anything that is not printed on Geoge Bush’s ass.
Comment by Jack Jett — November 5, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
I think you mean Feinstein, not Feingold.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:36 pmTalk about
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November 5th, 2007 at 7:36 pmwell we havent had a president in 7 years… no AG is okay with me!
November 5th, 2007 at 7:37 pmGlory Be. We have 24 gutsy former intel officials making an earnest appeal for our Senate Judicial Committee to do the right thing — demand a hold on the Mukasey nomination.
What might be the chance of Schumer, Feinstein, and Spector listening to the appeal? Slim to none. These three have the ability to change the course of this disastrous Bush administration that has only one goal — cover its collective ass from criminal prosecution. Mukasey is up for AG — get it?
We’ll all call, email, plead, beg, work up a fury of rage. What will happen? My money says Mikey will get the job. God help us.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pmThey ought to demand that they hold him alright, hold him down and show him what waterboarding really is.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:50 pmWe may have to yet “let this one go” another time. Another big fish that got away. Damn I’m hungry.
Jan. 2009 can’t come quick enough. Meanwhile, Mucous will get the job and let Bush skate.
It is like a big dysfunctional family. Like everyone is afraid George will throw a tantrum or something.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:52 pmIt’s Feinstein, people, not Feingold.
November 5th, 2007 at 7:59 pmSounds like a reasonable proposal and a reasonable solution to this “problem.”
November 5th, 2007 at 8:03 pmRegardless that most on the committee have made up their minds already, they can still change their minds.
It’s Feinstein, people, not Feingold.
Comment by Marie — November 5, 2007 @ 7:59 pm
BULLSH|T!!!
Her name is FindingGold, the useless opportunistic, corporate (gold) sucking, spineless, facist, sellout to the people of money and power (Fatcats and Israelis) !! We no longer need people like her in this battle!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:19 pmIt’s Feinstein, people, not Feingold.
Comment by Marie — November 5, 2007 @ 7:59 pm
once again for the people at home. do I need to bold it?
November 5th, 2007 at 8:25 pmonce again for the people at home. do I need to bold it?
Comment by alpuz3 — November 5, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
You can bold it but it won’t help the DemoRats get bold!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:35 pmFeinstein (CA) Fiengold (WI)
November 5th, 2007 at 8:38 pmFeinstein (CA) Fiengold (WI)
Comment by Give me back my country — November 5, 2007 @ 8:38 pm
Sorry it’s FindingGold (CA-Israel) and Fiengold (WI-America)!!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 8:40 pmDoes it matter ? They are all crooks….
November 5th, 2007 at 8:47 pmWelcome to the Jerry Springer Zone . . .
If you aint trailor trash, venture no further.
Daily Kos & The Notion offer fine alternatives.
November 5th, 2007 at 8:50 pmHey, Democratic Senators, take a look at what real Americans do when they confront liars and criminals. They call them out. Maybe the blackmailed pair of Schumer and Feinstein will realize that the country’s future is more important than their future. I know, I’m being silly.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:09 pmThe ol boy looks pretty decrepid. If our elected leaders grilled the ol fart for a few hours he’d probably drop dead of a heart attack.
Yeah, thats it, grill the ol fart till he can’t take it no more. Its not torture, its legal.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:12 pmWelcome to the Jerry Springer Zone . . .
If you aint trailor trash, venture no further.
Daily Kos & The Notion offer fine alternatives.
Comment by rockyroad — November 5, 2007 @ 8:50 pm
I don’t really understand this post, rockyroad.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:13 pmBut seriously, you know this neocon is going to be confirmed. Our elected leaders think we have short memories and we will forget how they voted on the confirmation.
How wrong they are.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:14 pmI don’t really understand this post, rockyroad.
Comment by alpuz3 — November 5, 2007 @ 9:13 pm
I was thrown by that one myself. I suspect a bad mood, a missed punchline or a case of name jacking.
Back to the subject, what else can we expect from people who consider websites and American Colleges as, “among the biggest threats to our country”? The assault on reason is well and good under George (knowledge is dangerous) Bush.
sarc/ Maybe we’ll all be happy when the Bible is the only book still in print? sarc off
November 5th, 2007 at 9:21 pmwell we havent had a president in 7 years… no AG is okay with me!
Comment by Fan of Man — November 5, 2007 @ 7:37 pm
good point – who has been doing the caretaker work since gonzo’s been gone?
November 5th, 2007 at 9:24 pmI sent copies of this e-mail to both Schumer and Feinstein:
“I am writing to ask you to please reconsider your intention to confirm Michael Mukasey. I am sure you have your own reasons and logic when you make your decision. I cannot believe, however, that those reasons–whatever they might be–and that logic–however it evolved–would outweigh your sense of moral outrage over the fact that this man cannot say that water torture is indeed torture or that the president must work inside the law. If you no longer possess the compassion in your heart or the fire of the democratic ideal in your soul, then how do you account for yourself as a servant of the public?
November 5th, 2007 at 9:49 pmI do think you know that Michael Mukasey is not a fit attorney general to lead the United States of America. If you can tell yourself that the citizens of the United States and the Republic itself aren’t in great danger from the machinations of the White House, so be it. I do think, however, your vote to confirm may haunt your dreams for the rest of your life.”
Dixie, help me out here. A grand total of two of them are a-holes and you call the entire party “Demorats?” What’s the thinking behind such a ham-handed observation?
November 5th, 2007 at 10:16 pmNice letter Lefttown. Here’s mine.
I can not, and will not support any candidate who fails to condemn the mistreatment of prisoners. I will actively campaign against any candidate who fails to uphold the highest ideals of our society. Voting for Judge Mukasey is a vote to reject those high ideals.
Our country is in a crises that was forced on the American people by the unscrupulous and the untrustworthy. Mr. Mukasey personifies all that is wrong with our government today. We must not be held hostage by an A.G. who will put political consideration above just government.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:19 pmI hear ya, Pete.
We feel this more acutely than most others, for in our careers we have frequently had to navigate the delicate balance between morality and expediency, all the while doing our best to abide by the values the vast majority of Americans hold in common. We therefore believe we have a particular moral obligation to speak out. We can say it no better than four retired judge advocates general (two admirals and two generals) who wrote you over the weekend, saying: “Waterboarding is inhumane, it is torture, and it is illegal.â€
Has this gotten any press? This quote is from the letter. How is the machine going to gobble up and spit this out?
The conundrum created to justify the nominee’s silence on this key issue is a synthetic one. It is within your power to resolve it readily.
A synthetic one. It is in your power to resolve it readily.
It is in your power to resolve it readily.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:19 pmNo problem. Those 24 intel officials will be replaced by Blackwater’s employees tomorrow.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:40 pmThe conscience of our country is awakening.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/11/05/special-comment-george-bushs-criminal-conspiracy-of-torture/
November 5th, 2007 at 10:51 pmYou guys need to stop complaining to each other and contact Sen. Feinstein and Shumer’s office personally. I contacted them and expressed my extreme disappointment on this stupid decision they both made. It’s politics, but the worst kind of cowardess, I’ve ever seen. I’m so pissed, I’m about ready to become a REPUBLICAN. Oh, my God, tell me I didn’t say that!
November 5th, 2007 at 10:55 pmprone to cause frustration? WTF, Bigfoot? You almost came across as human there for a minute.
Sunsets, cowboy. always w/ the sunsets w/ you cowboys.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:22 pm.
If Mukasey gets the Senate Judiciary O.K. then that is a sure sign that there is an insidious rot IN our Government. No band-aids or chemo will cure. The only way would be to physically extract the cancer.
Nurse: Doctor, when do you think we should operate? Before She’s dead?
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November 6th, 2007 at 1:25 am#34 Pete–
November 6th, 2007 at 6:24 amGood letter, too, Pete.
I hope these two senators’ offices are flooded with email.
Dixie, help me out here. A grand total of two of them are a-holes and you call the entire party “Demorats?†What’s the thinking behind such a ham-handed observation?
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — November 5, 2007 @ 10:16 pm
The DemoRats are in bed with the corp’s and are allowing this wave of facism to wash across this once great country like a Cat5 hurricane. They don’t stand up to the RePugniScums. They let the media bully them everyday. They do nothing to regain their voices at the public square. They don’t even hold press conferences to repeatedly dispute the RePugniScum lies.
The big reason for me though? They won’t even impeach even Dick(head) Cheney. That makes them as LAME a MFing politcal party as the RePugniScums!!!!!!
BTW, there are way more than 2 a$$holes in the DemoRat party!!
November 6th, 2007 at 6:27 am“I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture … and we are leading this fight by example.”Quoted in “The Dark Art of Interrogation,” The Atlantic Monthly, October 2003
November 6th, 2007 at 8:52 amSo let’s investigate and prosecute allready!
November 6th, 2007 at 8:52 am