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Appoint the Prosecutor

Posted By mike On July 12, 2009 @ 4:21 pm In News, Connect the Dots, War Criminals | 1 Comment

Patrick Fitzgerald would be fine with me as the prosecutor, but I doubt he can be appointed since he was so successful last time and tracked wrong-doing to Scooter Libby of Dick Cheney’s office.

Investigate, indict, prosecute and jail the war criminals and torturers. Strip them of government pensions, benefits. Let’s send a clear signal regarding the rule of law.

Come on, Mr. Holder, appoint the prosecutor now.

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is leaning toward appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate whether CIA personnel tortured terrorism suspects after Sept. 11, 2001, setting the stage for a conflict with administration officials who would prefer the issues remain in the past, according to three sources familiar with his thinking.

White House Has Resisted Inquiry

Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed

Among the unauthorized techniques allegedly used, as described in the report and Red Cross accounts, were shackling, punching and beating of suspects, as well as the waterboarding of at least two detainees using more liquid and for longer periods than the Justice Department had approved. That conduct could violate ordinary criminal laws, as well as the U.N. Convention Against Torture, which the United States signed more than a decade ago.

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