Wilkerson on investigating or prosecuting Cheney and Rumsfeld (Think Progress)

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Wilkerson on investigating or prosecuting Cheney and Rumsfeld: If the public wants it, ‘let’s do it.’
By Satyam Khanna at 1:17 pm

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" ... http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/25/wilkerson-maddow-torture/