THE LAWS ARE ON THE BOOKS!

They do not need review.

He is a LAWYER, but Bush lawyer, a Cheney lawyer like David Addington&Co, who want to rewrite law in “ther image” – like God.

The US intends to continue to rule the world that they think THEY (and the Israelis) own and threaten every person with kidnap for bounty (rendition), keep them locked up (black sites, Fema camps), and throw away the keys (no-hearing hearings). They are free to torture at will. They can trump evidence by using wiretaps that have no warrants to approve them. They can break Geneva conventions whenever they want.

And Mukasey CHOSE to be Attorney General although it was widely speculated it would be others. Why Mukasey? Precisely because it came as a suprise! No one was prepared and no one looked at Mukasey’s prior record EXCEPT for his decisions regarding Jose Padillo, a US citizen with severe mental illness who has now been destroyed.

The Courts had to step in and undo Mukasey, other non politicized courts.

He has probably sworn an oath to Israel (many do that are at high levels of government) and it means the Constitution he is sworn to uphold and the Geneva Conventions which ARE the Supreme Law of the Land, btw, mean absolutely nothing to him.

What has he done to support the attorneys who were illegally fired, members of his own profession? Nada

I resent that CRIMINALS are bringing America into the 13th century.

What has he done to make the US turn over tapes and emails, or even what comments has he made about this – even though the Judge Advocate Generals have had PLENTY to say about the legalities involved and so have other former Justice Department attorneys.

I am sure at some point we will hear ” I did this for security reasons to protect YOU, the citizen of the Homeland” or some other “lofty” stuff!!

I hope he is studying the verdicts at Nuremberg closely, because some day he will be facing charges at the Hague HIMSELF. The attorneys invovled were found GUILTY. He’s already done a number of crimes. He just doesn’t want to write them down.

1. There is no doubt that water boarding is torture under international law and that the United States is bound to that definition. No debate should even be tolerated on this issue.

2. The point needs to be made that anyone in a position who attempts to debate the issue on technical grounds is merely a liar attempting to lay a foundation of denying complicity in a manifestly illegal activity.

3. Anyone attempting to say that water boarding may not be torture depending upon how it is practiced should simply be confronted with the simple truth: WATER BOARDING IS USED TO FORCE A CONFESSION AGAINST THE SUSPECTS WILL. IT IS ONLY EFFECTIVE WHEN THE SUSPECT IS PLACED IN A DROWNING SITUATION. IT WILL NOT WORK UNLESS THE FEELING OF TERROR CAUSED BY THE DROWNING IS FELT.

4, We need to humiliate them. Challenge them in public to take the water cure. After all, it is not torture to them. Call them liars, cowards and criminals if they refuse.

Comment by John Kerry is a true American hero (I, on the other hand, am part of the virgin keyboard brigade!!!!) — January 23, 2008 @ 12:36 pm

Hey, jk has something here.
Who cares if it’s torture or not.
In fact, since it’s such a light “punishment”, why not legalize it so elementary school staff and teachers can “use” it on disruptive 1st and 2nd graders? I mean, after all, it’s harmless. And if successful, maybe we can incorporate the procedure for out of control teens, and eventually minor criminals. Geez, wouldn’t that be a fun society!

-GSD

Comment by GSD — January 23, 2008 @ 12:58 pm

Permission Granted.

A new study by the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism found that President Bush and his top officials issued 935 false statements about the threat from Iraq in the two years following 9/11.

INDICT IMPEACH IMPRISON BUSH AND CHENNEY! HAGUE 2009

Comment by plunger — January 23, 2008

Excellet quote… ther is no argument against its content! BUSH/CHENNEY ARE WAR CRIMINALS!

Well said, plunger.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer67.html

Is US losing moral authority on human rights?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0307/dailyUpdate.html

Moral Authority

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0820-24.htm

Comment by John Kerry — January 23, 2008 @ 12:36 pm

REAL AMERICANS CARE, ya moron.

ef·flu·ence 1 : something that flows out 2 : an action or process of flowing out

plung·er D : used to free waste outlets of obstructions

Well said, plunger.

Comment by Fred — January 23, 2008 @ 1:10 pm

NICE!

If one or more of our troops are captured and tortured, and it’s shown on the evening news, Bush will just get on the tube and demand they be released. See, it’s different when everyone else does it.

Remember his reaction when 10 of our men and women were held in China after their emergency landing, after colliding with a Chinese fighter plane? Did Bush say, hey, take all the time you need. Process them, interrogate them, however long it takes. Hell no…he demanded they be released from day one.

Our nation’s wealth, transferred to offshore accounts by those who lied us into 2 bubbles and a war.

Health care in shambles.

Stock market, crushed.

Financial system, destroyed.

Personal privacy, gone.

Geneva Conventions, “quaint.”

“Heck of a job – Mission Accomplished”