When we reach a point where we cannot fight a war, without prosecuting our own for fighting it anyway necessary to win it, we are finished. The concept of national defense will be worthless.
I wish he’d pardon Ramos and Caminion (spelled?)
The border guards.
Obama changing Bush's policy is one thing, but then applying the new policy to past practice is another, and wrong. These folks need a pardon -- even though they are not guilty of anything -- to protect them from Obama and the liberals.
My bigger concern is that all of us will be held accountable to a changed set of standards that are applied to the past. It is a way to weed out political adversaries.
Considering the Constitution has ceased to exist, will a pardon stop the Communists?
There’s a couple of border patrol agents who’s pardons I’d like to see on his to do list.
Knowing Jorge, with Juan McCain’s endorsement, he will pardon the 20 million illegals and make them legal.
This is absurd. By pardoning, he would be revealing their names making them a target for our enemies. Obama vote = Al Qaeda vote.
But will El Busho have the guts? He’s done exactly two things right over 8 years. They are named Roberts and Alito. And he had to be forced into that by public outcry over his attempt to follow in his fathers footsteps by naming a female Souter. (Assuming there is a difference there.) Will he use his pardon power honorably, unlike slick Willie? Of course he should start with 2 border guards, shouldn’t he!
HELL yes!!!!!!
But I don't think he will. He would prefer to rely on the goodwill of the left, like his father. He's so darned "gracious".
Spies? What strange wording!
To pardon would be understood by many as admission of guilt. These men did nothing wrong.
I wish the British news outlets would tend to their own ruined house and quit trying to comment upon American issues.
I’m uneasy about this. W needs to tread lightly. I’m not concerned that a pardon of torturers would enrage the ‘Rats, but I am concerned what it would enrage Islamo-fascists. They could launch another terrorist attack and blame Bush because he “pardoned our torturers”.
Bush should issue a blanket pardon for the military, CIA, etc., excluding sexual assault, theft, and fraud. Imperfect justice, but better than persecution/prosecution by the Obama administration. Better to let one guilty person go free than to have 1000 innocent people punished.
BTTT!
He won’t.
I hope he doesn’t pardon them. Those men did what the American people wanted done, which was find out quickly what pending threats were still in existence and who was involved. If a poll had been taken in November of 2001 about torture the overwhelming majority of Americans would have said “do it, and make it painful.” Besides, the house and senate committees on intelligence knew all about what was going on and half of them were Democrats. This needs to come out even if it takes a court of law to do it. Furthermore, before they can be prosecuted the court would need to define what constitutes torture.
Good they have kept MOOHAMAAD from killing another three thousand americans... Pardon away GW
“George W Bush could pardon spies involved in torture”
Whatever you do Mr. Bush, don’t pardon border patrol agents who tried to protect your country!
Tim Shipman! LOL!
If spies engaged in torture in California, how would a pardon protect them?
Presidential pardons do not shield people from prosecution by the state.