Who is responsible for the torture prosecutions:

[Peacetrain]

Poll question: Who is responsible for the torture prosecutions:

[Buzz Clik]

1. none of the above.

Dept. of Justice.

[Laelth]

8. Agreed. DOJ has primary responsibility.

But Congress could appoint a special prosecutor.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Fire1]

13. ditto

[rug]

25. That's under the Executive.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. The justice department could start this Monday.

All on their own. But I voted for all of the above anyway. My hands are bloody and they won't wash clean.

[stray cat]

3. How about starting with a legitimate investigation

[Arctic Dave]

4. I voted for the US citizens. If we do not demand prosecution,

no one in government will tke the time to. Silence is complicity.

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. We, the American people, need to demand the destruction of the criminal organization called the CIA

It was founded by Hitler funding treasonous bastards, and has NEVER served a legitimate purpose. Anyone who says otherwise is a fucking liar.

[Laelth]

9. JFK proposed doing that. He did not succeed. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[Sebastian Doyle]

11. JFK's mistake was that he tried to do it on his own.

The CIA already hated him because he vetoed Operation Northwoods (the 1962 version of "9-11") and they blamed him for the failure of the Bay of Pigs operation in Cuba (attempt to overthrow the Castro regime)

If President Kennedy had leveled with the American people (as Eisenhower tried to do on his way out) it would have been much harder for the CIA to get away with what they did in Dallas.

There are millions of Americans who know the truth about the CIA now, and what they TRULY represent. JFK didn't have that kind of support. President Obama will, if he does the right thing.

[Laelth]

12. I am very fond of President Obama.

You may be right, but the cost will be high if you are wrong.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Sebastian Doyle]

15. And what will the cost be if we do nothing?

Isn't 50 years of these bastards enough?

I believe there's a reason that CIA thug Larry Johnson has been at the root of much of the anti-Obama hatred since the beginning of the 2008 primaries. He saw how hugely popular Obama was, and how people connected with him. Comparisons were made to JFK and RFK. Leaders who could have ended the path to destruction that Flowbee Johnson and his fellow CIA thug criminals have kept us on all these years. They probably played a HUGE role in all of this teabagging horseshit, and the hateful messages that were displayed at many of these events.

If President Obama thinks he's out there on his own, he's likely to not pursue justice and put an end to these criminals. But if he knows the people got his back, and that we demand our country back, then we can, in his own words, "make him do it".

[Laelth]

17. I agree that the cost doing nothing is high.

I would certainly support the President is he made an effort to dismantle the CIA, but he will have to lead the charge, and I think it will be risky for him.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Peacetrain]

23. Yep, this is a mess that needs cooperation from many sources

to A. clean it up and B. make sure it never happens again.

[mvd]

6. Preferably all of them get on the same page

The President could order the DOJ to, and I'd be fine with that. Might be a little risky going it alone, but worth it. If the economy gets better, why would people get mad about torturers being prosecuted?

More people should write to put the pressure on.

Therefore, Congress would respond to the people and also be a player.

[Peacetrain]

7. That is where my thoughts are on it also.. it takes all hands on deck

[Bluenorthwest]

10. All of the above

because those who accept pay to perform sworn duties fail to do so.

[Renew Deal]

14. Either DOJ or Congress

Congress is better suited politically.

[elleng]

16. The President is; that's the law.

.

[stillcool]

20. What law is that?

[elleng]

21. The one that makes him Chief Executive,

giving him the authority to tell the Attorney General how to use his/her discretion to prosecute or not to prosecute certain matters. Thats the Constitution.

U.S. Constitution - Article 2 Section 1

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.

[stillcool]

22. So you think it's the sole responsibility...

of the President to appoint a Special Prosecutor. How narrow of a scope would you confine the investigation to? Do you think that a Congressional Investigation would produce more or less information than something like the Walsh Iran/Contra prosecution?

[rucky]

18. Has the Justice Department ever investigated the Justice Department

of a previous administration?

[stillcool]

19. all hands on deck...

it took a lot of power to get away with the shit that's been done, and it's going to take a lot of power to undo it.

[Yukari Yakumo]

24. Other- DOJ.

The others can lean on them, but ultimately the decision is on them.