Timing of Obama Release of Bush “Torture” Memos Now Clearer ( Pending prosecution....)

Flopping Aces ^ | Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 at 12:46 pm | Mike's America

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Timing of Obama Release of Bush “Torture” Memos Now Clearer as Investigation and Prosecution of Bush Officials Looms

Foolish Obama opens Pandora’s box!

Obama’s selective release of Bush Administration memos which demonstrated legal grounds for enhanced interrogation of a handful of Al Queda terrorists guilty of mass murder of American citizens raised eyebrows for the risk it posed by informing future terrorists of our interrogation methods.

But now, we learn that the timing of this release may have more to do with left wing partisan demands for Bush Administration officials to be prosecuted:

Senior Bush figures could be prosecuted for torture, says Obama
President says use of waterboarding showed US had ‘lost moral bearings’ as Dick Cheney says CIA memos showed torture delivered ‘good’ intelligence
By Ewan MacAskill and Robert Booth
guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday 21 April 2009

Senior members of the Bush administration who approved the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation measures could face prosecution, President Obama disclosed today .

He said the use of torture reflected America “losing our moral bearings”.

He said his attorney general, Eric Holder, was conducting an investigation and the decision rested with him. Obama last week ruled out prosecution of CIA agents who carried out the interrogation of suspected al-Qaida members at Guantánamo and secret prisons around the world.

But for the first time today he opened up the possibility that those in the administration who gave the go-ahead for the use of waterboarding could be prosecuted.
…
Obama, taking questions from the press during a visit by King Abdullah of Jordan, reiterated he did not believe in prosecution of those CIA agents who carried out the interrogations within the guidelines set down for them.

[kcvl]

"Any terrorist attack on the US now and Obama owns it. Big Time"

Louder!

[kcvl]

Great post!

[NoDRodee]

If I’m Bush I would wlk on Nat; TV, I say leave everyone else out, they did as I approved and authorized.

Then tell Obama and anyone on the left to bring up charges on me, or shut up!

Win, Win!
Bush proves he more of a man then Obama.
All charge will fail but if they didn’t, they would have to convict Bush. I would hate to see what would happen if they convicted Bush of this.

[Twinkie]

I don’t think there as many “Right Wing Lunatics” as the left tries to say there is. Most “right wingers” are decent, tax paying, law abiding, citizens who wouldn’t ever consider such drastic or violent actions. That’s a line over which the majority would find unacceptable and inexcusable no matter how mad they got.