Posted on 12/22/2014 5:53:11 PM PST by Kaslin
In an angry editorial published in the Sunday edition of the New York Times, the newspaper's editorial board called on president Barack Obama to “Prosecute Torturers and Their Bosses.”
The list of offenders “in a credible investigation” is a long one, including former vice president Dick Cheney; his chief of staff, David Addington; former CIA director George Tenet; and John Yoo and Jay Bybee, the lawyers for the Office of Legal Counsel who helped draft the documents clearing the way for “enhanced interrogation“ of prisoners and enemy combatants.
In addition, the editors called for charges to be brought against Jose Rodriguez, Jr., the CIA official who ordered the destruction of supposedly incriminating videotapes; the psychologists who devised the “torture regimen;” and the agency employees who carried out those directives.
The board also asserted:
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'twood be better to torture them. Show 'em what its all about.
Torture, on the right people, is a beautiful thing.
> Imagine a government system where you prosecute your predecessors.
Castro’s Cuba and North Korea come to mind.
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