Really it’s the only honorable thing for Jay Bybee to do- he certainly shouldn’t wait for the Congress to remove him via impeachment. But this kind of half-assed “oh my bad, I had no idea they would take my memo that said torture is OK and then actually use it” non-apology press release bullshit [...]
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if he regrets it so much, why doesn’t he resign?
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, hypocrisy, impeachment, torture on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Waterboard Willie Haynes Resigns
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, tagged guantanamo, torture, treason, war crimes on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Said Haynes, “I thank the President and the Secretary of Defense for their confidence and for the opportunity to serve. I leave the Pentagon humbled and inspired by the selfless sacrifices of the men and women, uniformed and civilian, who defend our country. And, I thank their families.”
And if there is [...]
What About Dusty?
Posted in criminal law, ethics, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, tagged abramoff, Bribery, Cunningham, Wilkes on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brent Wilkes takes a twelve year all-expenses-paid vacation.
What Digby Said
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, impeachment, politics, tagged torture on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They told you they torture, and they’re defending it.
Go read the rest.
CIA Admits: We Torture
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, ethics, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, tagged cia, torture, Waterboarding on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CIA director Mike Hayden admitted today that the US subjected three prisoners to waterboarding. Remember this?
”The United States does not engage in torture,” McConnell said [on Jan 16 2007].
I guess that statement is no longer operative.
You Want Conspiracy Theories?
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, economics, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, impeachment, internet, politics, tagged BCCI, cia, Israel, Pakistan, Siebel Edmonds, treason, Turkey on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We got conspiracy theories. Wonder if it is even possible to do an independant analysis of whether or not any of what Siebel Edmonds alleges is true:
American officials sold nuclear arms technology to illegal proliferators — including ideological allies of al Qaeda — in return for bribes and other inducements. This widespread corruption has [...]
Exactly Too Late For Impeachment
Posted in constitution, dissent, ethics, free speech, impeachment, media, politics, private press, tagged McGovern, New York Times on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And you know it’s too late now, because the NYT is running opinion pieces openly calling for it. Since the NYT has made it a policy to withhold the unvarnished truth until it can no longer make any meaningful difference, (see 2000 election -> George Bush DWI -> published in the week before the election, [...]
