Obama Releases Torture Memos by Bush's Administration

Obama Releases Torture Memos by Bush's Administration
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The Obama administration on Thursday released top secret memos outlining the legal rationale used to justify the CIA's torture of terror suspects, but vowed not to prosecute the torturers.

"It would be unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women working to protect America for conduct that was sanctioned in advance by the Justice Department," Attorney General Eric Holder said.

Thursday's internal memos were released, after intense internal debate, as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union during the Bush administration.

Obama's release of the memos is a commendable act of transparency.

At the same time, though, Justice Department lawyers are defending the previous administration's top officials accused in federal court of authorizing and carrying out torture and other abuses. Threat Level examined that issue in February.

On Thursday, the administration extended its protection even further, and said it would defend, at taxpayer expense, other government officials or employees who find themselves before a congressional inquiry, in any court, federal tribunal or in "any proceeding" if they relied on the memos as a legal basis for their conduct.

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[Anothercoilgun]

And? This is SOP standard operating procedure. This is well known.

[tealcbratac2009]

It's important because Obama is continuing and expanding the SOP!!

[k3304]

Obama wants our enemies to win

[k3304]

the enemies of the USA loves this. Whenever Obama's poll numbers go down more, Eric Holder comes out of the woodwork. Paying the terrorists. Who would have thought ??