DOJ Official & Author Of "The Terror Presidency" To Testify & Indict Bush, Cheney & Gonzales

[kpete]

Conservatives attack. Former Justice Department official Jack Goldsmith to testify and his book looks to indict Bush, Cheney and Gonzales as well:

Whether the verbal parsing will be enough to permit Gonzales to survive broad calls for his resignation is unclear. Congressional Democrats plan to step up the heat in coming weeks, pressing for Justice memos and other documents. They also plan to call a potentially crucial witness: Jack L. Goldsmith, the former chief of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. It was Goldsmith who wrote a key opinion concluding the eavesdropping program was illegal. A conservative lawyer now at Harvard, Goldsmith, who declined to comment, will have every incentive to talk. He is due to publish a new book this fall called "The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration." According to its Amazon.com listing, the book will chronicle how the president's "apparent indifference to human rights has damaged his presidency." On the cover are pictures of Bush, Cheney—and Gonzales.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20010707/site/newsweek/page/2/

[speedoo]

1. Ummm. Nice.

Thanks, kpete.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

2. The last book I bought was a Greg Palast. Looking forward to this one.

[Disturbed]

4. Most Rethugs now want Gonzo gone & are begging him to resign

because they think that the crimes of the Regime will be ignored once Gonzo is gone.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

5. But Gonzo is what is holding the lid on the politicalization of Justice.

Are they really that stupid?
nevermind. dumb me.

[Demeter]

7. Talk About Your Wishful Thinking

Now that the US public has had its collective nose rubbed in it, the crimes will not be going away. Because Iraq is not going away.

Now, if Iraq went away, they might ride out the term....

[cui bono]

15. I'm not sure I agree with that. Most true conservatives think he is a disgrace

and would like him gone because he is an embarrassment and a danger to the country. Same thing with Bush and Cheney. They are disgusted with them just as much as liberals are.

[PinkyisBlue]

13. The Three Stooges in the White House.

It looks like Curly, Larry and Moe on the cover. In this episode, the three stooges single-handedly dismantle the Constitution by stealing the presidential election, starting an illegal war against another country in order to confiscate its oil, secretly spying on political opponents and blackmailing/threatening anyone who speaks out against their abuses.

It must have been difficult to find a photo of Dick Cheney without that evil grimace on his face, and he's actually (half) smiling. I didn't think his face could do that.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

3. Editorial Review on Amazon

Jack Goldsmith's duty as head of the Office of Legal Counsel was to advise President Bush what he could and could not do...legally. Goldsmith took the job in October 2003 and began to review the work of his predecessors. Their opinions were the legal framework governing the conduct of the military and intelligence agencies in the war on terror, and he found many—especially those regulating the treatment and interrogation of prisoners—that were deeply flawed.

Goldsmith is a conservative lawyer who understands the imperative of averting another 9/11. But his unflinching insistence that we abide by the law put him on a collision course with powerful figures in the administration. Goldsmith's fascinating analysis of parallel legal crises in the Lincoln and Roosevelt administrations shows why Bush's apparent indifference to human rights has damaged his presidency and, perhaps, his standing in history. 8 pages of photographs.

About the Author
Jack L. Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard University. From October 2003 to June 2004 he was assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

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http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Presidency-Judgment-Inside-Administration/dp/0393065502/ref=sr_1_1/105-7584376-6794846?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185741629&sr=8-1

[malaise]

6. Time to order this book

Sweet. The rats are cornered.

[PinkyisBlue]

12. I can understand why Mr. Goldsmith only lasted 8 months in the Bush administration.

"...his unflinching insistence that we abide by the law put him on a collision course with powerful figures in the administration."

Do you mean to tell me the Bush administration does not abide by the law? Glory be, could our president be deceitful?

Keep speaking the truth Mr. Goldsmith, there are more of you out there that believe in the Constitution and the rule of law than the media would have us believe.

[merh]

8. I hope he doesn't take any trips aboard small planes

and if I were him, I would never be "alone".

.

[applegrove]

9. Another book for my list.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

10. Mine, too

Hope my "book budget" hold out.

[applegrove]

11. I no longer have a Book budget. I'm hoping my options change in the next

few weeks cause I love reading the latest stuff and I can never seem to find it at the library.

[Senator]

14. Interesting Entry From Goldsmith's CV

Education

* Washington & Lee University B.A. Summa Cum Laude 1984
* Oxford University B.A. 1986
* Yale Law School J.D. 1989
* Oxford University M.A. First Class Honors 1991
* Hague Academy of International Law Diploma in Private International Law 1992

Now, if someone could "metastasize" this distracting Gotcha Gonzo Gala into something productive, like a discussion of bushcheney war crimes, we'd might see more than months of "gumming things to death."

Just a thought.

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[WinkyDink]

16. Can hear it now: Acccusations of "perjury to sell his book".