Zelikow jumps ship - on Rachel now

[malaise]

Damn the shit has hit the fan!!!

[polichick]

1. This is great!!!

[malaise]

2. No precedent is history

Damn!!

[polichick]

4. Cheney's probably packing for Dubai.

[aquart]

26. Is the beach still reeking of sewage?

[librechik]

3. I know! Who could have imagined

that they would fly former VPs into burgeoning careers?

WHY DIDN"T YOU SAY SO THEN< A HOLE!!!!

[deminks]

5. An aide to Condi, he put his doubts in a memo, which was then disappeared.

[scarletlib]

20. How convenient for him!

Indeed the rats are leaving the ship.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Source Material-- His foreignpolicy.com article from today.

http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/21/the_olc_torture_memos_thoughts_from_a_dissenter

:patriot:

[malaise]

12. Thanks - great question Rachel

Why didn't you resign?

[Kaleko]

7. What's the frequecy, malaise?

I'm not near a TV.

[malaise]

10. Don't know

I'm watching on 158. It will be on her website later.

[Kaleko]

21. I was asking for a quick summary of what happened

so I could share in the excitement.

[libnnc]

8. well, well, well, well, well, well, well....

well, well, well, well..well..WELL.

get your own ---> :popcorn: I rarely share :popcorn:

[NNN0LHI]

9. I can't believe what I am hearing and seeing

[seemslikeadream]

16. Yea I wonder what the deal is a PNAC guy turning on Cheney

[librechik]

19. Cheney goes under the bus so Condi, Phillp and Bill Krristol can live on

noble sacrifice, i'm sure

[Gregorian]

11. His body language. His vocal pattern. Pretty serious.

He can't soften the blow. It's going to be extremely interesting.

This is not a subjective case. There are laws.

[JohnnyLib2]

13. Will appreciate more as it goes.

Thanks.

[seemslikeadream]

14. same exact time!!

State Dept Lawyer: White House Tried To Destroy My Alternative Memo On Torture

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/state_dept_lawyer_white_house_tried_to_destroy_my.php

[malaise]

18. His answer to Rachel's last question does not square with

his conclusion:
The underlying absurdity of the administration's position can be summarized this way. Once you get to a substantive compliance analysis for "cruel, inhuman, and degrading" you get the position that the substantive standard is the same as it is in analogous U.S. constitutional law. So the OLC must argue, in effect, that the methods and the conditions of confinement in the CIA program could constitutionally be inflicted on American citizens in a county jail.

[Mari333]

15. keep us informed

[aquart]

17. He's still a Republican apologist, however.

If they were destroying copies of the memos, I wonder why he didn't feel a little personally unsafe.

[stillcool]

23. From TPM site..

State Dept Lawyer: White House Tried To Destroy My Alternative Memo On Torture
By Zachary Roth - April 21, 2009, 2:06PM
*****************
The memo I mentioned was highly classified at the time. So any extant copies, or drafts, would only be in an appropriate government safe. Any extant copies at State would be in their archival facilities for top secret papers from my files, or possibly Bellinger's files, or Secretary Rice's files.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/state_dept_lawyer_white_house_tried_to_destroy_my.php

[eleny]

22. Reminds me of the sound effect from the Watergate days

drip...drip...drip...

Btw, it was a terrific interview. I love it when Rachel's serious side comes to the forefront. This is one of her great interviews and is takes its place in history.

[leveymg]

24. Dissenter? That's a good laugh - PZ is the ultimate cover-up guy.

Did this guy ever threaten his own priviliged position to dissent or even jump ship to tell the truth? Never.

He's a self-interest bureaucratic yes-man who's now trying to change his image.

This is really rich.

[DemoTex]

25. Please post video links asap!

The one night I opted out of watching Rachael's show!