(Rep.) Hoekstra: CIA investigation 'almost double jeopardy'

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

The House Intelligence Committee's ranking Republican said on Monday that the Justice Department's probe into Bush-era CIA interrogation practices is "almost like double jeopardy."

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) claimed that "career professional" prosecutors in the Bush Justice Department determined that all but one use of enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA did not warrant a criminal indictment, rendering the current investigation moot.

"In many cases this is almost like double jeopardy for these folks within the CIA," Hoekstra told MSNBC. "There's no evidence that was a politicized decision at all."

Under the Constitution, double jeopardy only applies when the government prosecuted individual for a crime, then litigated the case again.

The eighth-term congressman asserted that there is "no indication" that the incidents to be investigated warrant prosecution.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/59651-hoekstra-cia-investigation-almost-double-jeopardy

[rfranklin]

1. I don't recall the trial taking place, do you?

What absolute crap.

[MichiganVote]

2. The Michigan version of GWB

[Demeter]

3. Cry Me a River, Hoekstra!

i hope you go broke running for governor and lose the house, farm, whatever.

:nopity:

[spirit of wine]

4. Make sure you answer in the form of a question!

[tanyev]

5. I think for Double Jeopardy you have to answer with a question containing a double negative.

That's not hardly possible.

[theMark]

6. I don't not agree with you.

You're not incorrect.

[bemildred]

7. Another guy that needs to be investigated. nt

[rpannier]

8. Double Jeopardy only applies to acquittal in a trial

Not an investigation of criminal behavior

[TroglodyteScholar]

9. He has a point...

I mean, if you look at what he says, he says it's almost like double jeopardy in some cases. He's right, if by "almost like" he means "absolutely in no way comparable to."

So give the guy a fuckin' break.

[judesedit]

10. Bullshit. Only the lowest level responsible have been tried and punished for these atrocities

Double jeopardy, my ass. It's time to get the ones who ordered them to do so. Starting at the top. If we can even try these criminals once, justice will finally be served. Go pound sand Pete Huckster. You, and anyone else, who allegedly commit crimes are NOT above the law.

[surrealAmerican]

11. Is Hoekstra a lawyer?

He really doesn't sound like he knows what he's talking about.

[sendero]

12. And Hoekstra is almost not a moron..

... but not quite.

[Piewhacket]

13. Wow, that makes Hoekstra not not a cretin. A promotion for him! Congrats.

[No Elephants]

14. And no one said, "You lie?"