Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes

[bdamomma]

there is that name again David Addington, when is this guy going to get his just dues, Cheney's little pet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/washington/19intel.html?ei=5065&en=a18c439b7e8f7bc2&ex=1198731600&adxnnl=1&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print&adxnnlx=1198080438-5iFm6Oti4VwR2KD5+9VS/g

just a snip of the article.

At least four top White House lawyers took part in discussions with the Central Intelligence Agency between 2003 and 2005 about whether to destroy videotapes showing the secret interrogations of two operatives from Al Qaeda, according to current and former administration and intelligence officials.

The accounts indicate that the involvement of White House officials in the discussions before the destruction of the tapes in November 2005 was more extensive than Bush administration officials have acknowledged.

Those who took part, the officials said, included Alberto R. Gonzales, who served as White House counsel until early 2005; David S. Addington, who was the counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney and is now his chief of staff; John B. Bellinger III, who until January 2005 was the senior lawyer at the National Security Council; and Harriet E. Miers, who succeeded Mr. Gonzales as White House counsel.

[Krashkopf]

1. Addington is no "little pet . . ."

He is the evil legal mastermind behind Darth Cheney's throne.

Remember in many cases - Mussolini's Italy and Nazi Germany being the two prime examples - FASCISTS and AUTHORITARIANS come to power through LEGAL means.

And I REJECT, in advance, any "Godwin's Rule" objections that may be forthcoming. "Godwin's Rule" does not make any statement as to whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate. It only says that the longer a debate goes on, the more likely it becomes that someone will make a comparison to Hitler or the Nazi's

In this case, I am NOT making the comparison to FASCISTS and AUTHORITARIANS to be inflammatory, I am making it because it is apt.

"Impeach. Prosecute. Save America!" - Naomi Wolf

Krash