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In reply to the discussion: Obama is BOUND BY LAW to prosecute torture. [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Have an independent prosecutor (which would go without saying) look in the matter, bring charges in that case. The main 4 of the Bush administration & the torture architects certainly have access to best legal defense money can buy. Judges would likely go out of their way to make sure any of the defendants are being railroaded. The House Republicans have filed at-least one lawsuit that I know of against the Obama administration. How did the countless Clinton investigations impede Republicans?
As far as offending Bush loyalists and anyone who favors such corruption, arbitrary detentions & rolling back of civil liberties highlighted by the scary precedents and losing those "key" individuals wouldn't be a loss to me. That type of shit is more of a threat to whatever doom and gloom scenarios there is. Not prosecuting effectively legalizes torture for the executive branch, the push to keep it out of the light seems unnecessary since the accountability risk is low. Bush's interest in bombing Al-Jazeera is baffling for the same reasons.
All those people you mention as well as Obama took oaths to protect and defend the constitution from all enemies foreign & domestic. I don't care how marginal the existing support was for Kucinich but when he took out that pocket book constitution which he says he carries with him at all times and pointed out the oath won the debate regarding the impeach question in the primary debate. Deciding against doing the right thing because of political consequences is why I gave up hope on meaningful change.
It isn't like Bush administrations officials haven't been convicted before, you know how many Reagan officials were convicted? WHy Democrats fear their narrative, I have no idea.
Assured destruction implies someone has something on somebody which compromises them when it comes to policy which are politicians that I wouldn't lose sleep over.
BTW - SB 1070 was hardly a 'blip on the radar' which was legislation sponsored by my former state senator.