Fixing the Facts and Legal Opinions Around the Torture Policy

[BradBlog]

Fixing the Facts and Legal Opinions Around the Torture Policy
The Case for 'Looking Forward' to the Impeachment of Jay S. Bybee...
-- Guest Blogged by Ernest A. Canning

Before discussing the refreshing news that we have a President who, in the face of such a powerful critique, is not afraid to reverse course, let's consider what it means to "look forward" given that the principle author of the newly disclosed torture memos, Judge Jay S. Bybee, now sits on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal, passing judgments on others. Absent incapacity or impeachment, there he will stay for the rest of his life.

The question naturally arises as to whether the Bush Administration's torture policies, and legal excuses for them, reflect a degree of sadism or efforts akin to "fix(ing) the facts and the intelligence around the policy", as the Bush Administration is alleged to have done, in order to take the nation into war in Iraq, as reported in the "Downing Street Memo". Maybe it was both.

The impeachment of Bybee could finally shed some light on all of the above and, in the bargain, put an end to the 50-year history of CIA torture once and for all...


FULL STORY: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7079

[librechik]

1. thanks, Brad!

impeachment is correct move here, i'm sure

[BradBlog]

3. Of all the options...

...this one certainly seems to be the most promising. AT least in regard to public disclosure of all of this info (as opposed to a Special Prosecutor investigation, which would bury much of the info under secrecy of such investigations.)

[bottomtheweaver]

2. About the 9th Circuit:

from: http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/whatis.html

What is the 9th Circuit?

The United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit consists of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals along with district and bankruptcy courts in the 15 federal judicial districts that comprise the circuit, and associated administrative units that provide various court services.