Reader Comment-Central Maine Morning Sentinel: 'Full-scale investigation' of Cheney's role at CIA

[laststeamtrain]

'Full-scale investigation' of Cheney's role at CIA

Finally, it seems that Attorney General Eric Holder is ready to pursue an investigation into the CIA's terrorist policies during the Bush administration and Dick Cheney's unique place in making many of that agency's important decisions.

Supposedly, Cheney instructed the CIA to keep members of Congress out of the information loop and to "put a lid on it." If this proves to be the case, as Leon Panetta says, it is a clear violation of the ex-vice president's oath of office.

I think all the talk about what actually constitutes torture and such to be a lot of smoke and mirrors. To order silence on the part of the agency that is supposed to keep the members of Congress up to speed so that they can govern effectively is nothing short of subversion and treason. Enough reason to question whether constitutional law was not merely manipulated, but intentionally trashed to cover up larger crimes.

As a nation of laws, I think a full-scale investigation is not only warranted but absolutely necessary. ...http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/letters/6634320.html

[johnhkennedy]

1. AG Holder's Torture Investigation may be designed to fail, or Ignore 99% of the Real Crimes

The problem with the coming Torture Investigation is that Attorney General Holder seems to be leaning toward a very narrow investigation about the wrong Torture violations.

See the Federal Torture Laws

Holder appears to be saying that the Bush "Torture Memos" have the force of law, that they became new torture law and that he only has to prosecute violations which were outside of the Torture allowed by the memos. That is false.

The "Torture Memos" themselves are a criminal conspiracy to evade our Federal Anti-Torture Laws and to render ouor law moot. They were used to con normally law abiding CIA agents and US Soldiers into violating our Federal Laws.

A presidentially appointed lawyer can't make or change Federal Laws no matter who appoints them. Bush and Cheney attempted to ignore the law putting all who tortured or conspired to torture, even if they meant well (chuckle), at serious risk of prosecution.

We the people have to bring these creeps to justice or this will happen again even when the Democrats are in power (perhaps especially, remember President Johnson and Vietnam and Operation Phoenix, thousands assassinated? The CIA again).

Prosecute all those that tortured in our name, then go after all the other Federal Crimes and violations of our Constitution committed by Bush and Cheney.


If House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers does not soon start hearings in his Committee on the crimes of the Bush Administration

WE Must Call For His Resignation.



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