Democrats seek criminal probe of Bush 'abuses'

Breitbart.com ^ | 01-14-09 | LARRY MARGASAK

[prismsinc]

The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday. President-elect Barack Obama has been more cautious on the issue and has not endorsed such a recommendation. Along with the criminal probe, the report called for a Sept. 11-style commission with subpoena power, to gather facts and make recommendations on preventing misuse of power, according to the report by the Democratic staff of the House Judiciary Committee.

The report covers Bush administration policies that Democrats have protested for some time. Among them: interrogation of foreign detainees, warrantless wiretaps, retribution against critics, manipulation of intelligence and political dismissals of U.S. attorneys.

The White House was asked for comment on the report Tuesday, but did not immediately respond.

However, in an interview this month with The Associated Press, Vice President Dick Cheney said, "I can't speak for everybody in the administration, but my view would be that the people who carried out that program—intelligence surveillance program, the enhanced interrogation program, with respect to al Qaeda captives—in fact were authorized to do what they did ... ."

Cheney said legal opinions supported the officials.

[prismsinc]

A way to obsolve Eclair of all his future failures.

[Niuhuru]

If ever he needs it, I would be proud to help him find a safe refuge.

[70th Division]

OH bring it on Democrats. Then all of America can REALLY see how stupid you really are. We have more pressing issues and you want to frick around with this. You worry more about the rights of our enimy than you do the American citizen. Maybe we can have a few more baseball hearings too while you are at it.

[TommyDale]

I call for a criminal probe into the spending excesses by the Obama Inauguration...

[xtinct]

Elected Democrats need to concentrate on fixing the economy instead of rehashing their flimsy complaints of the last 8 years —> the chief complaint being that he was elected to office twice.... end...

[AU72]

Any opposition party with a pair would dare them to try and then stonewall the Administration whenever and wherever possible if they do.

But we have Republicans instead.

[capt. norm]

They are only interested in the PUBLICITY they would get with TV coverage of liberal Democrats grilling ex-Bush admin. figures, to get "face time".

That's what the whole ting is all about.

If, for some reason, it could not be televised, it would spoil the whole thing for them.

[popdonnelly]

This is total rubbish. I have to protest these kinds of politically motivated witch hunts by Democrats. Speaking of firing U.S. Attorneys, Clinton fired all of them. The Democrats are as big on hypocrisy as they are on lying.

[bikerman]

How about investigating O’s birth certificate

[Go Gordon]

Elected Democrats need to concentrate on fixing the economy instead of rehashing their flimsy complaints of the last 8 years

Actually, if the Democrats spent all their time addressing Bush abuses and left the economy alone, the economy would fix itself in 12-18 months without having to borrow/print trillions.

[ETL]

"according to the report by the Democratic staff of the House Judiciary Committee."

The freaking CHAIRMAN of the House Judiciary Committee (John Conyers Jr) needs to be INVESTIGATED!

He is an endorser of the World Can't Wait movement! His endorsement is on their website, and he gave a least one speech to the organization!

For anyone who doesn't know, World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime (their full name) is an "anti-war" front for the Revolutionary Communist Party. (scroll down the list that appears (after clicking link) to find the World Can't Wait organization --rwor.org is the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party):
http://rwor.org/a/rwlink/links.htm
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From David Horowitz's FrontpageMag.com /DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
Profile: World Can't Wait (WCW)

*Revolutionary communist movement that stages protests against the Bush administration

*Organizes college and high-school students

*Founded in June 2005 by Charles Clark Kissinger, a longtime leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7213
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Click on the 'World Can't Wait' link just below and see: "Endorsers of the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include" You may recognize a few of the names, including the democrat chair of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers Jr. Conyers' name appears right after Ward Churchill's.
http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2538&Itemid=2
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From the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party (revcom.us or rwor.org) :
"Create Public Opinion, Seize Power: We are preparing minds and organizing forces for the time when there is a major crack in the system, whenever it comes and wherever it comes from: an opening that makes it possible to bring the future Revolutionary Army of the Proletariat (R.A.P.) into the field and wage a revolutionary armed struggle that actually has a chance of winning. And we have said that building our party itself is the most important part of organizing forces for revolution. This is true now, and it is true looking forward to the creation of that future R.A.P. and the waging of that armed struggle.":
http://revcom.us/a/v20/1000-1009/1000/barw.htm
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Here's the Revolutionary Communist Party (see link below) boasting of a FULL PAGE 'World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime' ad of theirs which appeared in the New York Slimes. (either "rwor.org" or "revcom.us" takes you to the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party). The NY Times has since allowed several additional full-page RCP/WCW ads.
Article title: "Who Hated the Bush Step Down Ad in the New York Times? ...And what that Tells Us About Why We Must and How We Can Drive Out the Bush Regime"(actual title)
http://www.rwor.org/a/028/who-hated-bush-ad.htm

On Oct 5, 2006, Democrat Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers Jr, the same guy who is aggressively 'investigating' the Bush administration, gave a friggin SPEECH to the World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime organization, the "anti-war" front for the Revolutionary Communist Party! So why isn't anyone investigating HIM??
http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3801&Itemid=69

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Endorsers of the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include:

James Abourezk, Aris Anagnos, Rocky Anderson, Anti-Flag, Edward Asner, Russell Banks, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Belafonte, St. Clair Bourne, Gabriel Byrne, Margaret Cho, Ward Churchill, Paulette Cole, US Rep John Conyers Jr., John Densmore, Jesse Diaz Jr., Michael Eric Dyson, Steve Earle, Niles Eldredge, Daniel Ellsberg, Eve Ensler, Laura Flanders, Jane Fonda, Martin Garbus, Senator Mike Gravel, Andre Gregory, Sam Hamill, Suheir Hammad, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Mumia Abu-Jamal, Rickie Lee Jones, Sarah Jones, Brig. Gen. (Ret) Janis Karpinski, Jonathan Kozol, Rabbi Michael Lerner, US Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Robin Meyers, Mark Crispin Miller, Tom Morello, Viggo Mortensen, John Nichols, US Rep. Major Owens, Grace Paley, Harvey Pekar, Sean Penn, Michelle Phillips, Harold Pinter, Michael Ratner, Mark Ruffalo, US Rep. Bobby Rush, Susan Sarandon, Richard Serra, Jeff Sharlet, Rev. Al Sharpton, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Sheen, Nancy Spero, Gloria Steinem, Lynne Stewart, Serj Tankian, Sunsara Taylor, Studs Terkel, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker, Naomi Wallace, US Rep. Maxine Waters, Cornel West, Ann Wright, Howard Zinn, and thousands more who have already joined us.

http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2538&Itemid=2

[phillyfanatic]

The Cabinet choices alone by the Messiah would have more court cases than 8 years of any Bush appointee or decision made by W’s Administration!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Sorry, but the court dockets are all currently full up with Obama cabinet nominees....

[capt. norm]

I hope they bring in Jamie GORE-lick as one of their panel members.

"I'm beautiful when I'm angry."

[bassmaner]

Maybe we can have a few more baseball hearings too while you are at it.

Unfortunately, it was our guys that first went down that road, with our favorite RINO McCain leading the charge in the Senate.

IMO, stupid distractions like baseball hearings were one of the many reasons why our guys lost Congress in 2006.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Dangerous precedent. What goes around, comes around.

[70th Division]

It is like these people have no idea how to do a job. They spout off about stuff they have no knowledge of. They do not prioritize their work. Duh, what is the MOST important thing to do today. And they are never there. We need these people, WHY?

[LibLieSlayer]

‘toon proved that the American public loves this kind of crap... please do this dims... please!!!!!!!!!

LLS

[HarleyLady27]

AMEN!! and then lets charge teddy with the death of Mary Jo and then convict William Jefferson and 99.9% of the Senate and Congress of embezzlement, fraud(parading as a government worker) and a million other charges; and then after that we can start on the MSM...that should just about end the 8 years ahead of us, right?

[RightWingConspirator]

The only thing these asinine hearings will do is encourage a rebirth of Al Quaida, Hamas, Taliban, and other Islamic terror groups. It would be a sad day if one of these groups managed to set off a nuclear device in a major American city as one of the Democrats’ Star Chamber hearings was underway.