ACLU Calling for 3-Prong Approach to BA Investigations

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Surround and come at them from every direction. Too much is at stake for anything less.

Senator Leahy Calls Hearing To Discuss Truth Commission To Investigate Bush Administration Abuses Of Power

Congress And Executive Branch Need To Investigate Also, Says ACLU
To Investigate Bush Administration Abuses Of Power (2/25/2009)

Congress And Executive Branch Need To Investigate Also, Says ACLU

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WASHINGTON – On the Senate floor today, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, announced that his committee will hold a hearing next week to discuss proceeding with a “truth commission” to investigate the abuses of power of the Bush administration. Next week’s hearing will likely focus on how an independent commission could be constituted and the scope of the issues it would examine.

Leahy first proposed the idea of a truth commission earlier this month at a speech at Georgetown University. House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) has already introduced legislation, H.R. 104, to create a similar commission.

The ACLU is calling for a three-pronged approach to investigating abuses of power under the Bush administration. In addition to the proposed commission, a congressional select committee should be put in place to investigate these matters. This committee would be able to commit the necessary resources and have full subpoena authority to compel individuals with knowledge to come forth. Also, the executive branch should be examining whether prosecutions are appropriate through a Department of Justice special prosecutor.

the rest: http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/38836prs20090225.html

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1. The same dipfucks that claimed impeachment was a bad idea.

Fuck the aclu!

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2. The ACLU called Bush Admin crimes CRIMES and repeatedly called for real prosecutions

via appointment of Special Prosecutors. My guess is that they were actually arguing for a real path for justice and not some insufficiently harsh half-assed failed impeachment effort that would have depended on the cooperation of enough Republicans, which was never going to happen.

I agree with this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3755833&mesg_id=3757167

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3. Maybe one or two ACLU lawyers said that, but the official ACLU position

was that they wanted prosecutions right down the line.