Comments on: Lawmakers Push Probe into Secret CIA Plan

Some Democrats Say Failure to Inform Congress Violated Intelligence Oversight Laws, Possibly on Cheney's Request

[chonder2]

sooo, what are you trying to say?

[bajajohn1]

Look back at at the Iran-Contra affair and you will note many similarities. Check out the issue on U-Tube. Assassination squads, etc., guns for hostages, profiteering, secret armies, just amazing.

[curiously1]

What probe do you need, gentlemen?! The CIA was doing its job. Is that "probe" enough for you?

[txlakeside]

HANG CHENEY! Treasonous bast@ard! He has always claimed he is above the "law"! After Nixon and the Reagan era Iran-Contra fiasco you would think the republiCONS would wise up! Dumb as dirt arrogant neoCONS need to be reminded of the "checks and balances" again! To constantly be spouting off their constitutional rights they sure seem quite when one of their own greedy evil folks go against it! Do-nothing, arrogant, greedy, dumb as dirt bast@rds!

[chonder2]

I suggest a CAVITY probe for Mr Cheezy.

[pjk12354]

For somebody who avoided military service in Viet Nam due to a variety of draft deferrments..........it kind of explains what Cheney did as Vice President.........this country needs to purge this turd.

[chonder2]

sooo, what are you trying to say?

[fedup12]

He was always able to come up with new and ever more creative excuses to keep his lily white axx out of the military. He had to be somewhat creative there.

[vinnyb5]

So lets get this straight. The CIA was planning on killing top al qaeda leaders and the democrats (and liberals on this board) have a problem with that ???? Ever wonder why Americans never trust you guys to keep us safe.

Perhaps the people who gave the order to shoot down Yamamoto (after intelligence told our forces that he would be flying to an undisclosed location) should be tried for war crimes as well.

Either you liberals will understand that we are in a FRIGGIN WAR against people who want to kill us or you wont!!!!!!!!!

[Mortarman29]

Thats the problem Banned. Liberals have no idea who the real enemy is.

[rednomo]

A History Lesson from the "Do as I say" Party

Bush WH Statement Condemning Torture - After His Own Torture Program Began
By Logan Murphy Monday Jul 13, 2009

Since Attorney General Eric Holder is considering appointing a prosecutor to investigate the Bush/Cheney torture regime, I thought it might be helpful to post this statement released by George Bush himself back in June of 2003. Perhaps it might serve as motivation for both President Obama and Attorney General Holder. President Bush himself called for the prosecution of those who torture, so why hesitate to hold him accountable? (see bold text below)

Keep this in mind as you read it -- Abu Zubaydah had already been waterboarded over 80 times in August of 2002 and Kalid Sheik Muhammed was waterboarded some 183 times in March of 2003 and we still don't know the full extent of their torture program.

Statement by the President
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Today, on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United States declares its strong solidarity with torture victims across the world. Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere. We are committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the rule of law.

Freedom from torture is an inalienable human right. The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, ratified by the United States and more than 130 other countries since 1984, forbids governments from deliberately inflicting severe physical or mental pain or suffering on those within their custody or control. Yet torture continues to be practiced around the world by rogue regimes whose cruel methods match their determination to crush the human spirit. Beating, burning, rape, and electric shock are some of the grisly tools such regimes use to terrorize their own citizens. These despicable crimes cannot be tolerated by a world committed to justice.

Notorious human rights abusers, including, among others, Burma, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Zimbabwe, have long sought to shield their abuses from the eyes of the world by staging elaborate deceptions and denying access to international human rights monitors. Until recently, Saddam Hussein used similar means to hide the crimes of his regime. With Iraq's liberation, the world is only now learning the enormity of the dictator's three decades of victimization of the Iraqi people. Across the country, evidence of Baathist atrocities is mounting, including scores of mass graves containing the remains of thousands of men, women, and children and torture chambers hidden inside palaces and ministries. The most compelling evidence of all lies in the stories told by torture survivors, who are recounting a vast array of sadistic acts perpetrated against the innocent. Their testimony reminds us of their great courage in outlasting one of history's most brutal regimes, and it reminds us that similar cruelties are taking place behind the closed doors of other prison states.

The United States is committed to the world-wide elimination of torture and we are leading this fight by example. I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture and in undertaking to prevent other cruel and unusual punishment. I call on all nations to speak out against torture in all its forms and to make ending torture an essential part of their diplomacy. I further urge governments to join America and others in supporting torture victims' treatment centers, contributing to the UN Fund for the Victims of Torture, and supporting the efforts of non-governmental organizations to end torture and assist its victims.

No people, no matter where they reside, should have to live in fear of their own government. Nowhere should the midnight knock foreshadow a nightmare of state-commissioned crime. The suffering of torture victims must end, and the United States calls on all governments to assume this great mission.

[maghop]

mr.man!! you are the true meaning of ignorance! you should may be apply for palin's press secretary with the banter you produce. can you see russia from your house too>

[Mortarman29]

Who said they could see Russia from their house?

[mswolfestock]

Exactly!