Posted on 06/24/2009 3:05:39 PM PDT by mojito
Here's a political thought experiment: Imagine that terrorists stage an attack on U.S. soil in the next four years. In the recriminations afterward, Administration officials are sued by families of the victims for having advised in legal memos that Guantanamo be closed and that interrogations of al Qaeda detainees be limited.
Should those officials be personally liable for the advice they gave President Obama?
We'd say no, but that's exactly the kind of lawsuit that the political left, including State Department nominee Harold Koh, has encouraged against Bush Administration officials. This month a federal judge in San Francisco ruled that a civil suit filed by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla can proceed against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo for violating the terrorist's rights. Mr. Yoo is one of those who wrote memos laying out the legal parameters for aggressive interrogation of al Qaeda captives. If Mr. Yoo can be sued, why couldn't Obama officials also be held liable for their advice if there's an attack on their watch?
The mention of Mr. Koh is pertinent because the legal outfit suing Mr. Yoo, and other Bush officials in a separate case in South Carolina, is affiliated with Yale Law School. Mr. Koh is the outgoing dean of Yale and has been perhaps the most prominent legal critic of Bush interrogation policies. He once referred to President Bush as the "torturer in chief." Yet now President Obama has nominated Mr. Koh to be State Department legal adviser, who is charged with defending U.S. officials from legal assaults. It's as if Mr. Obama had nominated the AFL-CIO's John Sweeney as U.S. Trade Representative.
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One day Obama will be elaving, and those in his admoinistration will be facing charges.
I sincerely hope another George Bush doesnt come along who wimps out of prosecution of all their various fund raising offenses and the streams of money being sent to ACORN and other so called non-profits operating under the auspices of Obama.
Yes it was, I remember those hearings well. My dad said, "That Marine made fools out of all of them". The show trials/hearings didn't fool most people, that is, right-thinking people.
They are sucking the lifeblood from this nation.
I suspect that when one of our cities is vaporized by a nuke brought in through Mexico by Barry’s co-religionists, this problem will vanish.
The family members of people who were raped and murdered by illegal immigrants should already be able to sue the scumbag politicians.
Fools are already fooled.
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