04-21-2009, 10:46 PM | #1 | |
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Bybee may have to face the music after all
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/...rogation_memos
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04-21-2009, 10:59 PM | #2 |
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On another board, someone pointed out that Bybee was doing what a lawyer is supposed to do - tell his client what he can do without breaking the law. If this is the case, then there really is nothing that can be done in regard to prosecuting Bybee.
I tend to believe there is an ulterior motive behind going after Bybee - he's a conservative on the ridiculously liberal 9th Circuit Court and the crybaby liberals don't like it. They don't want balance there.
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The memo was not "this is as much as we can justify getting away with." It spelled out the Justice Dept.'s opinion on what is and what is not torture. If I'm not mistaken. I haven't read it myself. WHEN YOU WORK FOR THE JUSTICE DEPT. YOU ARE WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE--YOU ARE WORKING FOR ME! Bybee, you betrayed the American people, and for that you must pay. May you be impeached, disbarred, imprisoned, and removed of your right to vote. |
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Doesn't it make you happy that you and he share an alma mater?
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No doubt, Bybee was instructed to come up with a document that would justify various means of torture, and give it the imprimatur of morality and legality, as I have already said.
And Bybee complied. But that was his moment of courage. He could have said no. He should have said no. He should have said "I will have no part of this, I'm not writing this." But at the end of the day, he did as he was asked, and he signed his name. HE SIGNED HIS NAME. He said, THIS IS MY WORK, AND I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. All I am asking is that he be held responsible for what he claimed responsibility for. The loyal boy he is, I doubt he will turn state's witness and implicate his co-conspirators. No, I think he would be willing to serve a couple years in jail, all the while patting himself on the back as one of the true "warriors" against terrorism. One of the men "fearless," "who knows what must be done." This is a man that will be described as decent. Gentle. A man that looks you in the eye with a firm handshake. A man that cries at the pulpit. But sadly, a man that has lost his way. The tragedy of Jay Bybee. I hope a book is written someday, where we find out the truth behind his rise and (hopefully) fall. |
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04-21-2009, 11:33 PM | #7 |
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It's kinda amusing to watch Waters continually blame Mormonism for Bybee's willingness to write that memo.
This latest announcement is just further evidence of the Left's desire to criminalize politics. Whether one agrees with Bybee's authored opinions, the charge he did something illegal by writing them is patently ridiculous. The only people who can't see that are those blinded by their anti-torture Bloodlust.
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Times editorial calls for the impeachment of Bybee.
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