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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:29 AM Original message |
Glenn Greenwald: What the new Jim Comey torture emails actually reveal |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. K & R. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nail these M'er F'ers |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. who provided the nytimes with these e-mails? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. I doesn't matter what the DOJ said about the tactics being legal or not... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. That is correct. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. because: "The order of events was 1. torture, 2. get legal cover." |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. It also shouldn't matter if the DOJ provided legal cover before or after torture. Torture |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Good point. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Yup. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. Little by little the case gets stronger |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. Greenwald nails them |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. What if DOJ offered a plea bargain to * ? In exchange for what he |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Kickety kick again. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sub-judicial crimes |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You are correct. The Bush administration was the product of |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. A subverted military |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. +1, JD. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. +1 Gregorian. I am convinced they would have |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. kcik |
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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R!!!!! |
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Badgerman (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Move on folks, nothing here! OB&Holder ain't prosecutin' nobody! especially torturers. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Read the e-mails and you learn that Comey had already quit |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yeah I picked that up too |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
56. I'd like to know what that other, worse program was |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. I would to. |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. We didn't see much of Cheney |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. These are absolutely sickening to read. eom |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R. nt |
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HOLOS (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. If you read the emails.... |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. And Condoleezza the chicken hearted's plausible deniability. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Addington, Miers ALL GUILTY of TORTURE |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. You're Saying Thet The NY Times Fabricated This Email From Comey? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. K&R |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why is the NY Times distorting this story?? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Did Comey Not Sign Off On Torture? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. My interpretation was that he was against it all the way... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. What's Wrong With This Understanding? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Which quote are you referencing? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Here: |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Go back and read it more slowly... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Here's Comey's Very Specific Approval of Torture: |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. And what was the first opinion and what was the second opinion? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
70. It Is A Mess. But The Accusation The Comey Was Against Torture Is Wrong. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. kick & rec |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Am I Insane? What's My Problem? What Am I Missing? |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
54. You're cherry picking.Read how everyone acts like they are working for the WH instead of the DoJ |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Read how they are being pressured to give the WH what it demands |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Read how Comey regrets that his boss is spineless and how much he objects to the whole affair |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Read how Rice refused to allow 'details' to be disclosed.Comey assumed WH would reject after details |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It discloses that there was no discussion,that Comey was rejected |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Comey said once this comes out it will be seen for what it is..coercion to justify WH actions |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Came right out and said this is what Cheney wants and he wants it by next week |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. For instance did U read this from March Wheeler about asking for torture immunity in advance |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
72. The Specific Allegation Was That Comey Thought Torture Illegal |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
74. Greenwald is right and you are reading Comey correctly. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. The NYT's Continuing Slide On Torture |
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thread-bear (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. K&R |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. Send this to Obama and Holder. They are the ones preventing an |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Maybe Obama is not pressing for investigations and prosecutions |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. Gratuitous Bashing of the NY Times is Not Helpful |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. I think you may be right Manny... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #49 |
65. Manny, the point is that the memos were NOT written in good faith |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. Oh, and on the timing of them breaking the wiretapping story |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. The Times deserves all the criticism that they get. In spades. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:43 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Comey Clearly Called Called For Release Of The First Torture Opinion |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #49 |
76. Maybe because NYT covered up illegal spying to save Bush/Cheney in 2004? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. If You Haven't Noticed... Most Americans Are In Favor of That Program |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Actually, that is spin too. Most Americans are not in favor of illegal government activities. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
50. Here's another story the NYT got wrong |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-07-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
53. K&R. Read this and am glad it is posted here too.Hope it's posted everywhere possible |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
71. The Gray Lady is nekkid |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
73. K&R n/t |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
75. k&r'd. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
77. All you need to know about (NYT reporter) Elizabeth Bumiller in one quotation: |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
78. What does it mean? |
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