Conyers asks whether torture denial was a lie

[Tellurian]

WASHINGTON -- The ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee wants a congressional probe into whether the Justice Department misled the Supreme Court last month when a government lawyer told the justices that the United States does not engage in torture.

On Wednesday, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., asked committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., to launch an investigation into whether the Justice Department ''may have knowingly or recklessly communicated false and misleading information to the U.S. Supreme Court.''

Conyers' request focuses on arguments that a lawyer for the Bush administration made before the court on April 28, hours before the first pictures showing abused prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq hit the news.

That day, the justices heard arguments in cases that test whether U.S. citizens designated as ''enemy combatants'' can be held indefinitely without charges or access to a lawyer.

http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20040520/6218023s.htm

..well, now we're getting somewhere..

[Tellurian]

1. And a bit more:

"Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement responded that the United States has signed international pacts ''that prohibit torture and that sort of thing.'' He specifically told the justices that the government does not engage in torture."

..The Lie..

Conyers noted that at the time of Clements' remarks, Department of Defense officials were investigating abuses at Abu Ghraib and the brigadier general in charge of the prison had been removed from her post.

Conyers said he wanted to know whether information was presented to the court that the Justice Department knew to be false or whether information had been withheld from the solicitor general's office.

A spokesman for Sensenbrenner said the chairman had no comment. Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo said the department had no comment."

[LeftHander]

6. Sensenbrenner will stonewall this.....

He is a neocon lap dog....

[Tellurian]

7. No doubt about it...and so will the rest of the neocons living in a bubble

The people have to blizzard the House with tons

of faxes everyday demanding Bush's Impeachment.

We need to make a list.

I have an extra ream of paper ready to go!

[Tyler Durden]

2. Satan: "John Mitchell, meet John Ashcroft."

Oh, to be a fly on the wall of the war galley in Hell to see the those two chained to the same oar.

[David Zephyr]

9. John Ashcroft Meets John Mitchell Meets Mitchel Palmer.

Couldn't resist.

[R Hickey]

15. "John Ashcroft plays John Mitchell as Mitchel Palmer"

I got nothing better to waste my time on.

[enough]

3. Thank you John Conyers! (nt)

[Politicub]

4. Bless you John Conyers

for leading the charge to find the truth.

:bounce:

[Tellurian]

5. Thank You John Conyers is right...

The dam is breaking and the Rethuglicans are about to face a huge tsunami of corruption raining down on their filthy corrupt machine..

stay tuned..

[Disturbed]

10. Justice?

Will the Supreme Court demand justice?

[Tellurian]

14. Screw the Supreme Court. They can pack their bags too if they're allergic

to Justice..

[lovedems]

8. I have lost track of the number of investigations

surrounding this administration and the republican controlled congress. I am dizzy with investgations. I want to start seeing the results of these investigations!

[izzie]

11. Hell we still have not got Enron.

I do not think their is a pocket this GOP has not had its hands in.

[lovedems]

13. I believe I heard on the O'Franken Factor yesterday that someone

has audio tapes of Enron stating "we will take money from Grandma Millie" and laughing. It had to do with the California rolling blackouts and Enrons involvement in that mess. I believe it was someone from the Center for American Progess and she speculated that the administration knew what Enron was doing.

If there are audio tapes, I wonder why they haven't been made public?

[Just Me]

12. Good. Shine the light on the dark-cornered rats!!!

Actually, I am very impressed at the fact that Conyer's is paying such close attention to these violations!!!

:toast:

[Tellurian]

16. Anyone notice what Conyers said?

"That day, the justices heard arguments in cases that test whether U.S. citizens designated as ''enemy combatants'' can be held indefinitely without charges or access to a lawyer."

I hope this isn't code for taking the "Training Wheels Off"...