Biden Not Ruling Out Prosecuting Bush Officials For Prisoner Abuse

A criminal act vs. very, very, very bad judgement sounds existentialist. An act is either criminal or not.

Mary:
No one approves what was wrongly done.
What we do not approve is looking backwards instead of forwards.
Even a child who is practicing to
make one step after the other, instead he drops that stage and starts crawling again, that baby will never run or will take unusual time to do so!

biden is a simpleton, he is old, and senile and he cannot articulate a coherent sentence.
omg and he is only a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Biden is correct. How can charges be considered or not until all facts are known. Fortunately military individuals have an obligation to answer all questions asked of them by a superior. If evidence comes to the President through a chain of command that there was criminal activity via the Cabinet, then he should turn it over to the Attorney General. If it stopped at the level of the military then he should have the Defense Secretary investigate.

All of our financial troubles can be traced to the democrats. BARNEY FRANK SHOULD BE PROSECUTED AND PUT IN PRISON,for the YEARS of giving out unqualified mortgages. We lost so much in our hard earned retirement stock account. McCain was going to investigate him and now we got this lib in their who will do nothing. Very very sad…………

Bush & Cheney saw a Modern Day Hitler for what he was and they preempted him. Should Hitler have been preempted!!
When I was growing up (in the 60′s) I heard that all the time. The world has seen a world class tyrant and never again should we let it happen.
Apparently that has been forgotten over the years as new generations came along and were indoctrinated by the Liberal Press. The WWII lesson has been totally forgotten by most. Thankfully not Bush & Cheney, they were old enough & experienced enough to not be SO Clueless.

Obama, Biden, a democratic controlled congress and senate should make for the all time worst administration we have ever seen! and you thought Jimmy Carter was bad, just wait! Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

Nice try “BB”,but I think the “ONE” has already filled the “Custodian position ?

Rich, You are magnificently too DUMB to talk to. All our recent financial crisises can be traced to the democrats starting with crazy Jimmy Carter, unto Billy Boy. I have NEVER seen people truly dumber than democrats. they refuse to be “good”. I personally think they dem leaders do not like this country. I so wish they would leave.

Screw Bush and Cheney and their whole administration against the wall like they did to the America people. They deserve nothing less.

Would someone at ABC News please remind Mr. Stephanopoulos that he is only the interviewer and his job is to ask questions, not to argue with his guests’ answers. This morning’s interview with Senator Biden bordered on disrespect to the Senator. Mr.Stephanopoulos should be told not to interrupt his quests trying to answer his questions. Regards.

This is not a partisan witchhunt done for vengeance. This has been an assault on OUR (all of us) Constitution and without review and possible prosecution, this will set a precedent. When you set a precedent, you GUARANTEE it will happen again. This is not even questionable, as this is the most important problem our Nation faces. If Barack doesn’t pursue this, he’s basically aiding and abetting criminal behavior. Screeching for health care, gay rights, better wages or the economy before this is basically decorating a sinking ship. First things first or we will lose America for good. YOUR choice- get involved and DEMAND this!

“I think we should be looking forward, not backwards”
Then why did the Allies bother with the Nuremberg Tribunals?
Justice ALWAYS “looks backwards”. If you refuse to look at the recent “past”, you deny justice and confirm that the US is no longer a nation governed by the rule of law.
Why is the incoming administration in such a hurry to excuse war crimes, crimes against peace and gross violations of the Constitution, unless they are complicit?
Holder is compromised and will never pursue justice against Bush/Cheney. Biden knows this, so his answer is disingenuous.
Say goodbye to your Republic.
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/confess/
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/forgive-and-forgetforget/

We kill Millions of uborn every year, yet we are talking about prosecuting people who may or may not have tortured people who were out to kill americans. Give e a break! I say torture the hell out of them if it keeps our country safe! The animals do not give a crap about human life!

Having just seen Frost/Nixon I was reminded of the high crimes he got away with… Pardon by Ford and allowed to go free I was strongly against. But over time I reluctantly supported Ford in his action so that we could get over the LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. Well folks, I was wrong. Nixon should have been held accountable for his decisions and actions and prosecuted. And if need be, jailed. WHY have I changed my view? Because if he had Bush, Chaney, Rumsfeld and others would not have been so cavalier about our Constitution, our Checks and Balances ,and lying to the America. people. This Cabal prosecuted a war that we were the aggressor for the first time in our glorious cause called the American Dream. The Shinning City on the Hill that Reagan spoke of is tainted. WELL ENOUGH – The chance to hold politicians accountable may have been missed in 1974… NOT this time.. This Cabal gets charged, prosecuted and if need be, jailed. NOBODY is above the law… The King of England* clearly learned this principle in 1776, and in 1865 with the Union’s whole sale defeat of the SOUTH – cemented this principle. Hey maybe Kenneth Star can work or their defense as he tries to take fundamental rights away from a segment of the California population.
* As an aside in 1776 the King of England was George the III. Is it not ironic that George W Bush is the President to have the name George. Yep folks, GW is our George the III… Jefferson was right, a little Revolution every 30 or 40 years is good for the country

Biden needs to be prosecuted for being mentally deficient.

Prosecute anyone and everyone who broke the law. Unfortunately, the statute of limitations will have run on most of these heinous acts. As for Bush and Cheney-no pensions, no federal funds for staff or office, and no secret service protection.
P.S. To Sluggo- someone who uses this name probably shouldn’t criticize anyone for ‘mental deficiency’.

Bush and his administration and his band of Wall Street thieves should be tried as criminals and traitors and be executed. This would be the most noble act to be carried out in the history of our nation and the entire world would thank us and respect us once again.

Biden knows more about foreign policy than George W.Bush and Cheney do about obeserving the law.
The above poster is right about Nixon.He should’ve gone to jail to deter future political corruption .
In fact I propose both Cheney and Rumsfeld being tried and send to a federal supermax prison — they can then share the same cell and remenisce about Abu Graib.

Beto : You are operating under a political myth. There was no “net profit” during the Clinton years, the national debt increased each and every year he was in office. There was never a balanced budget, there was never a surplus. There was fancy accounting, involving taking money from the social security trust fund, but even if we never had to make up for that.. we still spent more than we took in.

Largest deficit in history is a direct result in a military that was largely deficit in real capability and morale for eight years; combined with a defense budget cut 40 percent and a demonstrated threat that bled out Americans increasingly over those eight years to include the very first World Trade Center bombing. Biden must think some of us forget things. His lies are an apostasy and an insult to statesmenship, but there agin goes the inbreeding of the left. One really good thing is that they now are running the show.
I prayed for and predicted a left landslide, which was obvious an outcome based on all the media programming of the voter for eight years. Now that same voter will actually see what and who they are.
We shall see just how neato, affluentm arrogant and classy and intellectual these self-appointed wisdom, mature and graduated cultural democrats are.
The corruption laden games have already started and they are going for the prosecutor’s throat in typical inverted focus to avoide a real depe look at them. Their boy in Illionis did nothing, he was framed, it was a set up because he supported the poor folk, right?

George Bush is the President that has presided over this mess and he gets the blame
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Gotta love the liberal point of view….
So, your ready to apply the same standard to Obama ??????
For you information, for the past 23 months, DEMOCRATS have controlled the complete legislative agenda!!! NOT BUSH!!!
Barney Frank should be removed from all commitees!!! He went out of his way to force this current mess by insisting that we make sure “everyone” is ENTITLED to a house. EVEN IF THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY AFFORD IT!!!
Now, he does not even have the b@lls to stand up and admit his part in this. With Barney its ALWAYS someone else’s fault or problem… NEVER HIS!

“It’s about Bush and certain of his failed die hard cabinet members, pitifully unethical high level supporters”
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Unethical….hmm…..Exactly what fantasy world are you living in???
Every single presidency has had ehtics issues. EVERY ONE! Your “messiah” is no different. He has some brewing before he even takes office for cryin outloud.

I would go cautiously down any path like this although I have no use for Rumsfeld and the job he did. It’s an open ended can of worms and showing the difference between stupidity, arrogance and criminal intent is a tough call most times. Are we going to just statement and distract this government from really important functions while we go after this vendetta. Perhaps so.

Crimes committed by Cheney and Rumsfield should be prosecuted. Cheney admitted publicly to approving waterboarding; this is illegal, so he should be charged. This is simple and must be done if we really are a nation of law.
To continue to state that this has these actions have “made the world a safer place” is proving to be wrong in light of recent events in Gaza. Cheney and Rumsfield and Bush are dead wrong.

Fool Biden.
What is attacking the ex-President going to do to IMPROVE the USA?
Forget it.
First go put the Congress and CEOs that STOLE from the AMERICAN WORKERS AND CITIZENS…like Frank, Pelosi,Shumer, Dodd, and the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac execs and lobbiests, and the CEOs of the mortgage bank lenders that promoted the zero quality home loans and credit to folks without ability to pay back.
How about Biden worry about AMERICANS, RATHER THAN ABOUT TERRORISTS.
HE IS THE ELECTED AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT, NOT THE WORLD FIXER UPPER OF JUSTICE.
EARN YOUR DARN PAYCHECK BIDEN, OR SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!!!!

Bush ordered my torture by C.I.A. (after I refused an invitation to
become one of his “telephone advisors” and have dinner in the White
House for a contribution of $3,000). I am a Democrat, then and now –
I sent my invitation from President Busy to the CNN Information Desk in Atlanta
where it may still rest. Shortly thereafter, my neighbor called to tell me a
“spook” wanted to see me the next; Indeed, the next day, a C.I.A.
spook gave my neighbor a hand-held Directed Energy Device, showed my
neighbor how to aim and fire. My dog died in a huge amount of blood. I
began vomiting non-stop. The neighbor DIED soon after (none of 5
churches would even bury his body). I was then taken from my home
where I live alone and forcefully taken to a “warehouse-type entrance”
of a hospital (the opposite direction from my own doctor and
Greenwich, CT hospital). Neurologists I had never met did “brain
mapping” and other procedures that prepared me for a REDO of old Nazi
“human experiments”, now UPDATED to include 24-hr. auditory
surveillance. Dumped back home, I began hearing a “buzz” in my ear and
believed I was losing my hearing until there was a ELECTRIC POWER
FAILURE ON MY ENTIRE STREET. Miraculously, I was “cured” of all
symptoms, for the duration of the outage, only. I learned first-hand
what “NERVE PAIN” is like when aimed at the nerve endings just below
my skin. Fortunately, I was able to reach my OWN Greenwich, CT. DR.
after a few dazed weeks where he gave me an Rx that helps (not
removes) the continuing “nerve pains” and where he was able to VERIFY
I HAVE LOST BOTH SYSTOLIC and DIASTOLIC markers (an out-of-state
attorney instructed my Dr. in how to prepare a “medical kit” of the
evidence). The CT hospital that prepared me for torture then BILLED
MEDICARE for the cost of turning me into a “human experiment” as well
as presumably collection $ from CIA. Persons IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES as
“C.I.A.” employees continue to torture me even today. I made a DIGITAL
RECORDING of them laughing and joking while willingly projecting their
voices into my tiny digital recorder. Unfortunately, CT attorneys are
TERRIFIED of DYING if we take the HOSPITAL and/or C.I.A. to court.
I am BEGGING OBAMA to DISARM and DISBAND CIA IMMEDIATELY!