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Mon Feb-09-09 11:54 AM
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Leahy Speaking at Georgetown just announced his plan for a Truth Commission |
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 11:55 AM by Thrill
regarding torture and other shenanigans at the Justice Department the last eight yrs.
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Mon Feb-09-09 11:56 AM
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1. Hot damn! Music to my ears!!! nt |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:00 PM
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3. BIG RECOMMEND.....hope the admins put this on front page. |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:01 PM
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4. Now he can tell Cheney to go fuck himself! n/t |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:05 PM
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5. Prof. Turley said a Truth Commission is code for "white-wash." |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:19 PM
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7. I'm embracing the baby steps myself; if lots of truth comes out of |
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a commission, more action will need to be taken. That's what I'm banking on.
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:23 PM
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9. I think it will be useful for the sheer purpose of educating the country. |
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I've noticed the wingnuts have stepped up the "we didn't torture" mantra, going as far as describing Guantanamo as a 4-star hotel. That BS needs to be knocked down hard.
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Mon Feb-09-09 02:09 PM
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18. I don't need to be educated. I already know we tortured. I want prosecutions. n/t |
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Mon Feb-09-09 02:15 PM
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19. not talking about the informed, I'm talking about those bamboozled by their lies |
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I think it's important to set the record straight once and for all.
And my point was and always will be that these war crimes MUST be prosecuted, and on that point we are in agreement.
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Mon Feb-09-09 02:20 PM
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20. agreed, however the problem is when they have these "Truth Commissions", there usually is immunity |
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offered to get people to talk, and there you go... no prosecutions.
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Mon Feb-09-09 02:27 PM
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22. I agree with you and with Jonathan Turley on that point. |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:26 PM
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10. Kind of depends who proposes it. |
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Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 12:26 PM by tridim
I have no reason to distrust Leahy.
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:30 PM
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11. white-wash in efficacy, not in intent as proposed by Leahy n/t |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:48 PM
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13. Depends on who is on it, but yes, that seems to follow history... |
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The Warren Commission. The Church Commission. Was there a Commission for Iran-Contra? The 9/11 Commission.
I'm not liking the odds.
-Hoot
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Mon Feb-09-09 01:34 PM
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15. Turley said to watch for it. |
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And I agree history dictates that we be apprehensive about a satisfactory outcome. :(
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Mon Feb-09-09 02:23 PM
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21. Yes, but the bad guys did send Leahy Anthrax in a letter. I think he still has a chip |
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on his shoulder from that. I know I would, not to mention the last 8 years of dancing on The Constitution. I think they messed with the wrong Vermonter. Good luck Pat, I'll be rooting for you to do some damage.
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:16 PM
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6. Why does that just sound like a sop? |
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:22 PM
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8. Well, let's hope it's more successful tha the 9/11 commission. |
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We all know how well THAT worked out, don't we?
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Mon Feb-09-09 12:34 PM
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12. Hell, they need a truth commission on FDR & the New Deal |
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Republicans’ Latest Talking Point: The New Deal Failed http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/opinion/12mon4.html?_r=2&pagewanted=printOnce Upon a Time in Republican Land... http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/2/9/01244/95631/561/695061McCain Claims FDR ‘Exacerbated The Great Depression,’ Calls For Counterproductive Balanced Budget Provisions http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/05/mccain-fdr-depression/Limbaugh, Hannity, and the GOP: an iron triangle of stimulus misinformation http://mediamatters.org/items/200902070003
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Mon Feb-09-09 01:33 PM
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Remember he was a recipient of anthrax. I don't think he will allow a whitewash.
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Mon Feb-09-09 02:08 PM
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17. "Truth Comission" means immunity and no prosecutions. |
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