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Obama Triggers Firestorm In CIA Tactics Case
Reuters ^ | April 22, 2009

Posted on 04/22/2009 12:50:09 PM PDT by reaganaut1

Barack Obama was criticized harshly on Wednesday for leaving the door open to the prosecution of former Bush administration officials who authorized severe CIA interrogation procedures.

Obama's decision to release classified memos last Thursday that detailed aggressive techniques on terrorism suspects that included waterboarding, sleep deprivation and forced nudity has triggered a political firestorm in Washington.

Politicians on the left are eager to launch investigations into the Bush-era policies that were part of the effort to prevent a repeat of the September 11 attacks, while those on the right said Obama seems to be breaking a pledge to look forward, not review the past.

Karl Rove, who was a top aide to former President George W. Bush, accused Obama of seeking to conduct "show trials" a day after the president left open the possibility of prosecuting officials who provided legal analysis of interrogation procedures.

Rove told Reuters: "If the Obama administration insists on criminalizing policy disagreements, how can they place any limits on who they prosecute?"

"Everyone in the interrogation process would have to be treated the same," he said, including the CIA agents, the physicians who monitored interrogation sessions, and the lawyers who researched and wrote the memos.

The chain could reach "to the leadership of the intelligence community to the legislators in both parties and the Bush administration officials who were briefed on these memos and agreed to them," he said.

"It is now clear that the Obama White House didn't think before it tried to appease the hard left of the Democratic Party," Rove said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; bho44; bhotyranny; cia; ciainterrogation; democratparty; democrats; dhimmicrats; holder; interrogations; islamicterrorism; obama; rove; sorocrats; torture; whitehouse; wot
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1 posted on 04/22/2009 12:50:09 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

Bambi has no idea.


2 posted on 04/22/2009 12:51:20 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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I can’t wait until we get to put ZERO on trial, what ZERO is doing is what you would expect in Indonesia.


3 posted on 04/22/2009 12:52:48 PM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, your surrender your rights.)
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To: reaganaut1
Obambi doesn't have time for this today.

He's off to play with unicorns and eat cotton candy at the Iowa Earth Day....

4 posted on 04/22/2009 12:53:11 PM PDT by xtinct ("There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum)
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"It is now clear that the Obama White House didn't think before it tried to appease the hard left of the Democratic Party,"

Nominated for understatement of the year.

5 posted on 04/22/2009 12:53:59 PM PDT by Dooderbutt
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To: reaganaut1
“It is now clear that the Obama White House didn't think before it tried to appease the hard left of the Democratic Party,”

I haven’t seen any evidence of then thinking so far. Why would they start now?

6 posted on 04/22/2009 12:54:04 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: reaganaut1

This is insanity


7 posted on 04/22/2009 12:54:52 PM PDT by NMEwithin
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“It is now clear that the Obama White House didn’t think before it tried to appease the hard left of the Democratic Party,” Rove said.

Zero v Rove...how sweet it is...


8 posted on 04/22/2009 12:55:15 PM PDT by jessduntno (When POTUS is used in reference to Obama, does the TU stand for Totally Useless?)
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Obama is simply demonstrating what most realists understand, that he is a poseur.

His ineptitude, in combination with the power of the occice he occupies, makes him a very dangerous person.

9 posted on 04/22/2009 12:55:21 PM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Bambi has no idea.

I think you're being quite the optimist.

10 posted on 04/22/2009 12:55:53 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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Bambi should avoid setting such precedents.

It’s likely the country will want him put on trial in 2012 for treason or some other reason


11 posted on 04/22/2009 12:56:15 PM PDT by PGR88
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He's off to play with unicorns and eat cotton candy at the Iowa Earth Day....

That dumbass is going to have Air Force One worn out in 6 months.
12 posted on 04/22/2009 12:56:16 PM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (We have our own pirates. They're called politicians.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Whatever it takes to distract the sheeple from his abysmal performance.
13 posted on 04/22/2009 12:56:48 PM PDT by yobid (2012 can not get here soon enough)
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To: reaganaut1
Obama is simply demonstrating what most realists understand, that he is a poseur.

His ineptitude, in combination with the power of the office he occupies, makes him a very dangerous person.

14 posted on 04/22/2009 12:58:12 PM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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We can now clearly see that the lying, sneaky little bitch is also a bumbling fool. If he had a leadership skills none of this would be happening.


15 posted on 04/22/2009 12:59:58 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (I don't trust Obama with my country. Do you?)
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To: Beckwith
His ineptitude, in combination with the power of the occice he occupies, makes him a very dangerous person.

Exactly. Stupidity plus power equals disaster. I was in a business deal with a jerk of a guy whose wife actually ran the business. He and I had a contract, but she got bent out of shape. Our agent wondered why I was upset with wifey. "Because she's stupid and powerful in this situation." Could not be a worse combo. I made a lot of concessions to her, she wrote me nice big checks. The end product sucked.

In Zero's case, if we make concessions to him, we'll get nothing but the opportunity to make more concessions.

16 posted on 04/22/2009 1:01:27 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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If the Obama administration prosecutes anyone for getting this vital information, whatever honeymoon is left will be over. F all of them.

Karma is a beeyotch.

17 posted on 04/22/2009 1:01:29 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: Veto!

Obama is the proverbial dog that caught the car.


18 posted on 04/22/2009 1:03:28 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I am a right wing extremist. God Bless America)
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To: reaganaut1
I am beginning to think that this is a diversionary tactic designed to distract the MSM and keep the right pinned down while he nationalizes the rest of the economy.

if it isn't, he certainly couldn't have thought up a better way of accomplishing just that.

19 posted on 04/22/2009 1:04:19 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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What did Nancy and Harry know, and when did they know it?

Repeat the new mantra, that should nip it.

20 posted on 04/22/2009 1:05:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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