Holy shit again? This guy (Cheney) is still walking around on the streets a free man?

Only in America......

Pelosi was right. The CIA was deceiving Congress. Now Hannity and Limbaugh can finally shut the fuck up.

Does this really surprise anyone? They should be impeached just on principle.

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Originally posted by josh4 Does this really surprise anyone? They should be impeached just on principle.

I dont know if you can impeach people that are no longer in office.

Criminal charges might be possible... not sure how that would all work out though.


Either way, its pretty scummy.

If only Obama, "the Bush lover", didn't try hard enough to prevent this probe and prosecution for crimes against Constitution from happening. What is he afraid of? The truth? Prosecute the criminals, and set a good example so that the kind of shit Bush did will not happen again. Americans must not allow this to be swept under the carpet, otherwise it will happen again.

Twin probes of Bush policies looming

http://thespec.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/598897

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July 13, 2009 The Associated Press WASHINGTON (Jul 13, 2009) Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, twin investigations may be on the horizon into Bush-era policies in the war on terror. Two senators, including the head of the intelligence committee, suggested yesterday the prior administration broke the law by concealing a CIA counterterrorism program from Congress. The assertion that vice-president Dick Cheney ordered the concealment came amid word that Attorney General Eric Holder is contemplating opening a criminal probe of possible CIA torture. Holder will decide within the next few weeks on appointing a prosecutor, a U.S. Justice Department official said. A move to appoint a criminal prosecutor is certain to stir partisan bickering that could be a distraction to Obama's efforts to push health-care and energy reform. Obama has repeatedly expressed reluctance to probing alleged Bush-era abuses. He resisted an effort by congressional Democrats to establish a "truth commission," saying the country should be "looking forward and not backwards." Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona said he was against opening a criminal investigation into interrogation practices during the Bush administration. The former presidential candidate suggested on NBC's Meet the Press a criminal investigation would provide a recruiting tool to terrorists. Regarding the eight-year-old counterterrorism program, the Bush administration's failure to notify Congress "is a big problem, because the law is very clear," said Senate intelligence committee chairperson Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat. Congress should investigate the secrecy because "it could be illegal," Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, said yesterday on ABC's This Week. According to Feinstein, CIA director Leon Panetta told Congress last month that Cheney ordered the program not be revealed to Congress. "We were kept in the dark. That's something that should never, ever happen again," said Feinstein, who spoke on Fox News yesterday.

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You guys are such breathless media sheep And y'all don't even know what the plan was

The super secret squirrel plan Dick didn't want anybody to know about was...wait for it...TO ASSASSINATE TOP AL QUEERA LEADERS!!!! ooooh sinister

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Originally posted by Q5echo You guys are such breathless media sheep And y'all don't even know what the plan was The super secret squirrel plan Dick didn't want anybody to know about was...wait for it...TO ASSASSINATE TOP AL QUEERA LEADERS!!!! ooooh sinister

You didn't read between the lines - they are not prosecuting for the contents of the plans, but for the fact that these were concealed from Congress. Thats a serious violation of the law. And besides, if these plans were so straightforward and dandy, there would have been no need to conceal them, would there?

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Originally posted by Q5echo You guys are such breathless media sheep And y'all don't even know what the plan was The super secret squirrel plan Dick didn't want anybody to know about was...wait for it...TO ASSASSINATE TOP AL QUEERA LEADERS!!!! ooooh sinister

So you don't tell Congress about your plan? What the fuck? Can you define Democracy for me, Q?

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Originally posted by Magnetonium You didn't read between the lines - they are not prosecuting for the contents of the plans, but for the fact that these were concealed from Congress. Thats a serious violation of the law. And besides, if these plans were so straightforward and dandy, there would have been no need to conceal them, would there?

No, you haven't read between the lines (although your article completely fails to mention it). The CIA was given orders not to tell the entire Congress because it never really got past the planning stages.

This is all a media enabled smokescreen to distract from the failures of the last 6 months

As much as it pains me, Q is right on this one. Certain classified information sensitive to national security is shared with only certain members of certain committees. More information may be forthcoming, but at first glance this story doesn't seem to have much in the way of legs.

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Originally posted by Q5echo You guys are such breathless media sheep And y'all don't even know what the plan was The super secret squirrel plan Dick didn't want anybody to know about was...wait for it...TO ASSASSINATE TOP AL QUEERA LEADERS!!!! ooooh sinister

Cheney was the Vice-President. Who gave him the authority to order the CIA to do anything? His job is to preside over the Senate and take the place of the President if needed. Not give orders to the CIA.

Last edited by Krypton on Jul-14-2009 at 00:00