Source: No criminal case likely over torture memos

[tocqueville]

Source: No criminal case likely over torture memos
AP

WASHINGTON – Justice Department officials have stopped short of recommending criminal charges against Bush administration lawyers who wrote secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects. A person familiar with the inquiry, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says investigators recommended referring two of the three lawyers to state bar associations for possible disciplinary action. The person was not authorized to discuss the inquiry.

The person noted that the investigative report was still in draft form and subject to revisions. Attorney General Eric Holder also may make his own determination about what steps to take once the report has been finalized.

The Justice Department notified two senators by letter that a key deadline in the inquiry expired Monday, signaling that most of the work on the matter was completed. The letter does not mention the possibility of criminal charges, nor does it name the lawyers under scrutiny.

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The letter did not indicate what the findings of the final report would be. Jay Bybee, John Yoo and Steven Bradbury worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and played key roles in crafting the legal justification for techniques critics call torture.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090505/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_interrogation_memos_6
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if this turns out to be the final result, America and its current administration will lose all credibiliy

[ProSense]

1. Please read this carefully, this is

the MSM blowing smoke. This is buried at the end of the article.

The results of the investigation were delayed late last year, when then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey and his deputy asked investigators to allow the lawyers a chance to respond to their findings, as is typically done for those who still work for the Justice Department.

They're creating the impression that the opinion is new and relevant in light of the release of the torture memos. From the NYT article about the draft (also buried at the end):

The draft report on the interrogation opinions was completed in December and has provoked controversy within counterterrorism circles, which has intensified since last month when the Obama administration disclosed four previously secret opinions written from 2002 and 2005, which for the first time detailed the approved procedures.

The Bush administration recommending that Bush officials not be held criminally liable for torture.

[tocqueville]

2. I said "if" ....nt

[ProSense]

3. I realize that, but the media reports are deliberately misleading:

Source: No criminal case likely over torture memos

[TahitiNut]

4. Yup. They buried the lede. It's about the Cheney/Bush regime white-wash.

It was deliberately 'gamed' to trickle out under Obama/Biden.