Thanks to CPAC, I completely missed covering this (Glenn Reynolds reminded me of the story this morning):
Authors of waterboarding memos won’t be disciplined
Bush administration lawyers who wrote memos that paved the way for waterboarding of terrorism suspects and other harsh interrogation tactics “exercised poor judgment” but will not face discipline for their actions, according to long-awaited Justice Department documents released Friday.
I would have asked Abdul Ghani Baradar whether he thought that this exoneration – which is what this is – had anything to do with the administration’s decision to re-implement Clinton-era tactics of extraordinary rendition, but he could not be reached for comment.
Moe Lane
PS: What’s that? You’re from the Left, and you gave money to Democrats because you thought that they would prosecute Yoo and Bybee for doing their jobs? And now you want that money back? Why, how profoundly silly of you. Next, you’ll be telling farmers to give milk back to the cows.
Hey, be personally grateful it’s not ‘give bacon back to the pigs.’
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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neoavatara (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 11:33AM EST (link)Yoo and Bybee simply gave their opinion on the law. Ultimately, opinion is just that. If the Democrats want to be courageous, go after Cheney and Bush. They won’t do that, because it will make them look even more foolish than they already appear.
http://neoavatara.com/blog/?p=9960
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LisaDe (Diary) Tuesday, February 23rd at 12:40PM EST (link)“exercised poor judgment” to get their digs in, but this is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. Too bad it won’t be reported on anywhere.
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I am the moby pwnt. Tuesday, February 23rd at 9:00PM EST (link)Well, it is being reported on. Even in the left wing sites.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/us/politics/20justice.html?scp=2&sq=yoo&st=cse
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nan-aron/opr-revelations-confirm-n_b_472444.html
I bet Obama voters are gnashing their teeth at this news. I wonder how they’ll justify this news. That he’s realized it’s not in the nation’s best interest to air this dirty laundry?
I think Moe has it mostly right. Obama is realizing the value of the Bush era extraordinary rendition practices in the fight on terror. Plus he messed up by promising to close Guantanamo in a year, so it’s not like he can use that place now. That’s why you see him pawning off the practice of torturing to other countries. Obama has taken the Bagram air force base policy from Bush (read: extradition and torture) and kept it because he thinks it works against terror.
Watch him take credit for this too, just like winning Iraq.
I am repeating unsubstantiated allegations contradicted by video evidence because I am afraid of you.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/03/state-run-media-now-reporting-racist-propaganda-from-huffington-post-as-fact/