Durbin Requests Inspector General Investigate DoJ Authorization of Waterboarding

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Durbin Requests Inspector General Investigate DoJ Authorization of Waterboarding
By Paul Kiel - February 12, 2008, 5:22PM - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/durbin_requests_inspector_gene.php

Following through on his earlier threat, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), wrote to the Justice Department's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility today to request that he investigate the Department's authorization of waterboarding.

Such an investigation, like a similar ongoing probe into the administration's warrantless wiretapping program, would focus on the circumstances surrounding the Department lawyers' advice (were they clearly just doing the bidding of the White House?) and whether they followed DoJ rules and standards in coming to that conclusion. It's up to the inspector general and OPR whether to launch the probe, however. The senators also asked that the results of any probe be made public. ....

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1. visibility kick = Wow, this did not float!

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2. I missed this, too late to rec.

I hope they get it, and soon.

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3. Astounding how Senators cannot see Exec legal opinions. COVER UP !!!!

Why are they hiding legal opinions, if they are in fact defensible law?

The secrecy reliance makes the head want to explode, it is soooo unsupportable.

And I'm no US Senator. Imagine their frustration with the Exec Junta.