February 9, 2009
Senator Leahy at Georgetown on Restoring Trust in the Judical System
Below are 3 Q&A asked to Senator Leahy about the commission & prosecution for torture/interrogation.
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February 9, 2009 Senator Leahy at Georgetown on Restoring Trust in the Judical System Below are 3 Q&A asked to Senator Leahy about the commission & prosecution for torture/interrogation.
The Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday proposed the creation of an independent "truth and reconciliation commission" to investigate several allegations of wrongdoing at the Justice Department during the Bush administration. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said the commission should investigate the department's once-secret warrantless wiretapping program, the politically motivated firings of some U.S. attorneys and the department's highly controversial memos on the treatment of terrorism detainees. "Many Americans think we need to get to the bottom of what went wrong and I agree," Leahy said at a Georgetown University speech announcing the proposal. Leahy said his proposal marked a middle ground between prosecuting former Bush Administration officials and doing no investigations at all. The truth commission should have subpoena power and witnesses would not face charges except if they commit perjury, he said. "Rather than vengeance, we need a fair minded pursuit of what actually happened," he said. -By Brent Kendall, Dow Jones Newswires
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Senator Leahy...poor Nancy Pelosi does not remember discussing torture during those 22 meetings with the Bush administration. Listening to you whine about torture is torture.
If anyone is lying it is you Senator Leahy. Senator Leahy are you going to call Nancy Pelosi, Congresswomen Harman, Senator Reid & YOU to testify? Yes senator Leahy you do want to humilate those people.
quality: First of all, the Geneva Convention applies only to uniformed soldiers of a nation-state. Terrorists don't wear uniforms and have no allegiance to any nation-state...that's why they're so hard to catch.
As I said earlier, except for waterboarding, the Bush administration didn't authorize anything that previous administrations didn't also do.
This whole issue is a political witchhunt and is designed to enhance the Dems' political power and to GET EVEN with the hated Bush.
YOU ARE RIGHT it does only apply to uniformed soldiers and how they should conduct themselves with prisoners. Thankfully our troops do wear uniforms when they were torturing people. This is about justice you dumb fuck. We dont turture people.
quality: Nice and calm now? OK then. I'll type very slowly to...avoid...overloading...you r tiny...brain.
The geneva convention applies only to prisoners who are uniformed combatants of a nation-state. It does not apply to terrorists, guerillas, insurgents, or civilians. If you want to oppose enhanced interrogation, that's up to you...but at least develop a cogent argument
BTW, none of the enhanced interrogations were done by US uniformed military personnel. Not that it matters.
so you like torture? That is what you are saying. Sorry but you are gunna have to prove there was no other way to extract info other than torture to justify it. GOOD LUCK PROVING THAT.HAHA enhanced interrogation...if waterboarding isn't mental and physical torture then what is it?
quality: You've just proven you're a low IQ hack. None of my posts said "I like torture", or that I approve of it. My only point is that the Geneva Convention has no legal bearing on enhanced interrogation of terroists. Getting through to you yet? Do ya got it now?
And my other point is that the Left...and that includes you...wouldn't give a motherfucking shit if it had been Obama & Pelosi in charge when this happened. This is all about politics...an attempt to GET the hated Bush.
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Listening to you whine about torture is torture.
As I said earlier, except for waterboarding, the Bush administration didn't authorize anything that previous administrations didn't also do.
This whole issue is a political witchhunt and is designed to enhance the Dems' political power and to GET EVEN with the hated Bush.
The geneva convention applies only to prisoners who are uniformed combatants of a nation-state. It does not apply to terrorists, guerillas, insurgents, or civilians. If you want to oppose enhanced interrogation, that's up to you...but at least
develop a cogent argument
BTW, none of the enhanced interrogations were done by US uniformed military personnel. Not that it matters.
And my other point is that the Left...and that includes you...wouldn't give a motherfucking shit if it had been Obama & Pelosi in charge when this happened. This is all about politics...an attempt to GET the hated Bush.