Rep. Jerrold Nadler Is Drafting a Letter to Eric Holder Asking for a Special Prosecutor
Nadler Says We Have No Choice, We Must Prosecute Bush
By Bob Fertik, democrats.com
I attended Rep. Jerry Nadler's event at the Tribeca Cinema last night which featured a lively discussion about progressive issues.
Moderator Joel Silverman asked about Senator Leahy's proposed Truth Commission.
Baratunde Thurston of Jack & Jill Politics said it's not about vengeance, it's about setting standards.
Nadler said "we have no choice, we must prosecute." And of course Nadler is in a position to do something about it, since he chairs the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.
Nadler announced he is preparing a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling for a Special Prosecutor. The letter will resemble those he sent to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who simply ignored Nadler's letter, and then to former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who replied but dodged all of Nadler's issues.
Nadler pointed out that Holder declared waterboarding is torture, and that Dick Cheney said on TV that he authorized waterboarding. Nadler said the Convention Against Torture, which was signed by Ronald Reagan, obligates the United States to investigate and prosecute torturers.
Nadler's argument is identical to that made by Jonathan Turley, Glenn Greenwald, and many others.
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Color is not the issue here
It does not matter whether Bush and Cheney like black people or not. The point is that torture is illegal monstrous behavior that cannot be allowed in a civilized society. Why people in other societies have not figured that out, I do not know. Our founding document has a prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, which torture certainly is. It is an open and shut case. Torture is illegal under American and and international law. It is as simple as that.
No special laws exist for presidents despite John Yoo's claims.
4Peace
I think Andrew is Hal 2009
Have you ever noticed how NOT personal Andrew's messages are? Not a cuss word, no misspelling or outrage. Never a discouraging word and this isn't Home on the Range. There can only be several answers to this.
A) Andrew just spams here, pushing his website.
B) Andrew is ten and a child prodigy (Summa Cum Laude)
C) Andrew is a robot with a Macintosh Operating System
D) Andrew is the new H.A.L. 2009 and is waiting for us to go outside the pressure port! (NOT recommended!)
I'm very glad to see that Rep. Nadler is pushing this! With different people advocating this, it keeps it in traction and the easily distracted will pay attention. There's nothing these criminals would like better than to let this crashing economy be their protector as they fade away to lucrative speaking tours and library building. And smirking their asses off. HEY! gotta go... YES, GOTTA GO!... Andrew has found me in the matrix and I'm fight in g crab like robo t s right no..............................................
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Hello! Bush hates black people. I think that's wrong...............................
There's an old saying....
that would work here: "When in doubt, 'C' out."
Prosecute Bush on Murder Charges
Notwithstanding any more inaction by Congress, Holder and Obama, www.prosecutegeorgebush.com has a Petition which can be signed by justice seeking Americans and sent to their local District Attorney to prosecute Bush on murder charges, Link http://www.prosecutegeorgebush.com/downloads/petition.pdf