Wilkerson on investigating or prosecuting Cheney and Rumsfeld: If the public wants it, ‘let’s do it.’

Yesterday, former Colin Powell chief of staff Larry Wilkerson told Rachel Maddow that there are “six or seven, maybe even eight lawyers” from the Bush administration — including Jay Bybee — who should be “disbarred” for approving torture. “As far as going after leaders like Richard Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld,” Wilkerson said, “I just don`t think there’s the political will, and if there is, I don’t think there`s political skill to do it.” When Maddow pointed out that the public does support torture accountability, Wilkerson said, “then let’s do it”:

MADDOW: I’m with you on political skill. The question about whether or not it can be handled well. It seems like the political will may follow the public will, and if the polling data recently is anything to go by, the public is sort of all about seeking investigations at least, if not prosecutions in this case.

WILKERSON: And that’s what our country is all about, and if that’s the case, then let’s do it.

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