The article "Expert: Crime of torture could only have been ordered by the president" at http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Turley_Waterboarding_orders_lead_to_Presidents_0102.html
states "Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley told Keith Olbermann that as many as six criminal offenses could be involved in the 9/11 Commission charge alone, including obstruction of Congress, obstruction of justice, perjury, and conspiracy.
However, Turley emphasized that the real crime under investigation is not merely obstruction, but the actual torture documented by the tapes. "It is still, even after the last seven year, a crime to torture suspects," Turley commented.
Turley agrees with Conyers as "Turley suggested that under those circumstances, the failure to appoint a special prosecutor was a serious problem, because "the investigation will essentially be the Justice Department investigating itself. ... Picking some guy in Connecticut or Cincinnati or Delaware or any other state doesn't make any difference. His boss is Michael Mukasey. And Michael Mukasey's boss is the president of the United States. If torture occurred, he was the guy who ordered it."
W needed a Pearl Harbor to get his right-wing extremist policies implemented and he wanted a method to terrify the red staters for his entire term. Look at the chronology of events. He made up the lies that got us into Iraq. He was coerced into making the 9/11 Commission. His lies were being seen through. W needed a boogey-man and invented one. He got his partner in using the Saudis to his advantage, Kean, to absolve him of any crimes. Even the vilest ghoul has a conscience though-a fact that big bro 43 isn't aware of, and Kean is using phrases that indicate he's had enough. We've seen GOP guys say right words and not follow through many times recently. The 4th estate has to keep the W crimes foremost in the red staters' consciousness.
states "Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley told Keith Olbermann that as many as six criminal offenses could be involved in the 9/11 Commission charge alone, including obstruction of Congress, obstruction of justice, perjury, and conspiracy.
However, Turley emphasized that the real crime under investigation is not merely obstruction, but the actual torture documented by the tapes. "It is still, even after the last seven year, a crime to torture suspects," Turley commented.
Turley agrees with Conyers as "Turley suggested that under those circumstances, the failure to appoint a special prosecutor was a serious problem, because "the investigation will essentially be the Justice Department investigating itself. ... Picking some guy in Connecticut or Cincinnati or Delaware or any other state doesn't make any difference. His boss is Michael Mukasey. And Michael Mukasey's boss is the president of the United States. If torture occurred, he was the guy who ordered it."
W needed a Pearl Harbor to get his right-wing extremist policies implemented and he wanted a method to terrify the red staters for his entire term. Look at the chronology of events. He made up the lies that got us into Iraq. He was coerced into making the 9/11 Commission. His lies were being seen through. W needed a boogey-man and invented one. He got his partner in using the Saudis to his advantage, Kean, to absolve him of any crimes. Even the vilest ghoul has a conscience though-a fact that big bro 43 isn't aware of, and Kean is using phrases that indicate he's had enough. We've seen GOP guys say right words and not follow through many times recently. The 4th estate has to keep the W crimes foremost in the red staters' consciousness.
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