Holder to Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate CIA Terror Interrogations

They need to let this die a quick death, not the slow one we are all suffering from. It was a war. We are handcuffed into doing the right thing, while their people are decapitating our soldiers. Give me a break

That’s pointless. Nothing but a political move against the GOP, which will simply waste a lot of taxpayer dollars, for nothing.
The Dems are desperate for something to sway public opinion their way.

Didn’t Obama say he wants to move on from this and he has no intention of prosecuting? Obama is out of touch with his own party. Pelosi, Reid, Panetta and now this guy. Health care falling apart, unemployment, CIA, Gitmo. Pick anything and there is no good coming from it. He needs to let the CIA do their thing. They are covert for a reason whether the public likes what they do or not.

tony –That was freekin’ funny!

This is unbelievable. This whole administration seems to be willing to put anything on the line to improve what is their spiraling downfall in popularity–including our safety. What the heck is this country going to look like in 4 years. I’m terribly frightened. this is not the change I voted for.

This is ridiculous. It seems to me that this administration is doing everything they can to turn the American citizens of both political parties against them. When will they learn that most Americans do not support this waste of time and government funds to try to punish people for doing their jobs. If anyone is ultimately charged, I will take to the streets and protest for the first time in my life (if I don’t do it before then over my concerns about Obamacare.

Another complete lie by our president, “”"”"Obama reiterated in strong terms that not only will his administration not investigate torture, it will protect the agents who carried it out. “We will protect your identities and your security as you vigorously pursue your missions,” he said.
“I understand that it’s hard when you are asked to protect the American people against people who have no scruples, and would willingly and gladly kill innocents,” Obama continued. “Al-Qaida’s not constrained by a constitution. Many of our adversaries are not constrained by a belief in freedom of speech or representation in court or rule of law.”

Brandon ——— I am an independent, but did you bother to read the GOP health care plan? Did you know they wanted more stimulus money for the small business? Do you know how much our small businesses contribute to our economy? Before you start your partisan rhetoric, make sure you get informed for both sides. It doesn’t appear your messiah’s plan is going over well either. Ask yourself why the Dems are not just going to ram it through. If they did, who would be to blame if it goes wrong?

They will destroy us from within….they have a friend in the Whitehouse now….and the DOJ!!!! God help us!!!!

The Republicans always say, “If you commit no crime, you have nothing to worry about.” So Bush officials shouldn’t worry about anything.

BBC News April 17th 2009 “CIA agents who used harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects during the Bush era will not be prosecuted, US President Barack Obama has said.”
I wonder who offered Holder enough to make this happen. C’mon Obama, let’s see your first firing.

ObamaCare and economy going badly so…
Holder checks into torture
War in Afghanistan going badly
Swine flu concerns
Nice to have some well-timed “blame Bush” headlines to move the dismal failure of the Obama administration off the front page.

Posted by: dave “”"”Al Qaeda hit us and killed 3,000 people during Republican rule “”"”"
That’s like blaming this economy on this administration. 911 happened because of 2 different administrations and a flawed immigration policy. Planning and training for 4 years prior to the attack. But it sounds much better for you to slam others doesn’t it. Do you really think this is going to ensure the CIA can keep us any safer? If all this is released, there won’t be an agency in the world sharing information with us. How long did you serve in the military? Why did you get out?

And how much is this investigation going to cost the American taxpayers? Can we not use our tax dollars to take care of Americans at this point, not worry about the rights of terrorists?

Hanan, this won’t make our determined enemy ‘go away’. This is what you, and others like you, think. Democrats with their stellar record on women’s rights, alone, places you directly in Al Qaeda cross-hairs. This is why Al Qaeda planned 911 thru the last years of the Clinton administration. It wasn’t Clinton’s fault, and it wasn’t Bush’s fault. We just have a determined and common enemy.

Hanan—-Obama stated, “I think that we should be looking forward and not backwards. I do worry about this getting so politicized that we cannot function effectively, and it hampers our ability to carry out critical national security operations.”
Do you think it is hampering? Obama was actually right on this one and Holder is just going to disregard that.

Dave, you’re missing the point, The CIA committed war crimes plain and simple. Read the Third Geneva Convention. I can care less for the Dems or Reps. I was once a soldier who upheld the law. I didn’t agree with some of my missions, but I took an oath to defend this Country from all enemies foreign and domestic and did so honorably and with great integrity. So did other GOOD soldier before me. Let’s stop bashing each other and see this for what it is – “A Crime”.

I think they should re-investigate the Anthrax crime. I know in my heart that Rumsfeld was involved.

I feel sorry for anyone in service to our country during a democrat administration. I grew up in a working class democratic family and used to know what it meant to be a democrat. The bad apples are now spoiling the whole barrel. This all by itself hurts America.

would all of you like to have what was done to some of these prisoners.The thing is some of these people had nothing to do with 9/11 and this makes one wonder where cheney and rove will hide and what tactics they will use to cya.If we had gone after the people who did the terrorising it would be a different thing instead we went after a lie about wmd and look where it got us no where.

libertyrulz and ExSoldier———- As I stated, the CIA is supposed to be a covert operation which has been successfully taken down by this administration. ANY information, intelligence or operations previously shared with other institutions will be no more. Freedom is a dirty job and you would give rights to people who would just slice your throat. Go hug a tree and leave our CIA alone. It will take years for them to function without the fear of prosecution. You do realize that since the CIA was started, they have carried out thousands of such missions to keep us safe? Wake up and get into reality and out of your dream perfect world.

Frichar, yeah, that’s it. We really got that Bin Laden guy. Kinda like the Russians “got him” when they “forced him to live in a cave.” Hilarious. No wonder Glenn Beck has an audience. Some people will believe whatever you tell them. We made him live in a cave!!! MIssion Accomplished!!!

lfrichar: so then the economic mess is Bush’s fault? you admit it?

The constitution’s seperation of powers states that Congress makes the laws; and while the President has veto powers, he has no business promoting any new laws. New laws are made by congress, carried out by the executive branch,and ajudicated by the judical branch. The President’s job is to enforece the laws we already have, keep our country safe, keep illegal intruders (immigrats) out of our country and to run the government within the budget he and Congress have approved. How’s he doing on these tasks? I’d give him an F, or impeach him or both. He has no business promoting things like public health care or any other socialist program he and his posse have dreamed up. It’s time for him to start performing the real job or the President of the United States of America. By the way: Who’s in charge while he is on vacation? Joe Biden ? Heaven help us.

America is a set of values and ideals that we are always striving to protect. As soon as we abandon our values, we cease to be Americans.
If you truly love your country, you will not tolerate torture.

Healthcare reform is in the crapper and the gov’t reps are taking it on the chin in their home districts while Obama is on vacay. AG Eric Holder chooses today as the best time for this announcement. Something seems fishy and it’s the stink of this administration’s distraction tactics!!!WE DON’T WANT OUR TAX MONEY USED FOR THIS WITCHHUNT!!!!

Hey Gwilsing – The Justice Department is NOT part of the Judicial branch, it is part of the Executive branch, a cabinet of the President’s administration. The Attorney General reports to the President, not the Supreme Court.
Read the Constitution and refrain from lying to make your political points.

“Tom” knows is his heart that Donald Rumsfeld is behind the anthrax attacks. My God. Look what the Left has done to America. And they’re just getting warmed up. Tom, your are but pawn in game of life. Like Mongo. But you have been used by extremists who have confused you. You are a sad dupe in the unwitting service of slave drivers who lead a hate cult called The Left. 100 million dead, and growing…

JustWondering ———- Economic mess is the fault of our government and some greedy rich. Congress and the WH were fighting about things and not doing it. Here is something sure to upset you: J. Carter, Community Reinvestment Act. B. Clinton and J Reno, threatened banks with legal action if they did not extend housing loans to lower income. F. Raines was put in charge of Fannie May and bought up bad loans. He then falsified reports and then collected $90 million in 5 years from it. C. Dodd, suppressed efforts by Bush and republicans to rein in corruption at Fannie and Freddie after he received campaign contributions by both. B Franks, also suppressed evidence of corruption from congress and senate and WH. B Obama as an attorney filed law suits against banks on behalf of ACORN in order to force banks to give lower income loans. As a senator, he also suppressed efforts by the reps and Bush to investigate Fannie and Freddie.

There is absolutely nothing that surprises me about how everything that comes out of these Republicans is worthless garbage. If laws were broken, then we have a legal and moral obligation to prosecute wrongdoing. If it were up to these nutjobs, you would have serial killers hiding under their covers, all in the name of “national security”. I would love to see how willing they are forgive anyone who tortures them or their families. Pathetic nut jobs.

indy_voter —– According to your simple thought, Clinton must have been a foreign policy failure. We haven’t had any attacks post 911. Would you rather we did? Me neither.

You libs don’t get it!
The law is NOT supposed to apply to republican voting, gun carrying, bible thumbing “patriots.
This country needs another Bush in office so we can start looking the other way again!

The more we learn about the Bush Administration the dirtier it is. So far all the investigations have been warranted. I’m glad to see Holder appoint a Special Prosecutor. We are a nation of laws. If you don’t enforce them you might as well not have them.

We are a nation of laws. If you don’t enforce them you might as well not have them.
Posted by: Mark S
Then please Mark, explain to me why we killed 3 Somali pirates by shooting them directly in the head execution style? You people simply don’t want to admit that it is a dangerous world out there and you are only living in here. I want them and need them on that wall! Sound familiar? People going around with bombs strapped to them don’t have any morals. The mere fact they do it in the name of religion should clue you in to that. Wake up!

Holder is a complete jerk. A waste of time and money. I am beginning to believe it is to take our minds off the healthcare mess – I couldn’t comprehend before that an administration would put the country at risk and individuals from the CIA at risk for purely political reasons. I was wrong. –Cam
Cam does Valerie Plame ring a bell? Scooter Libby–Robert Novak. Work on your comprehension.

We should gather up these bleeding heart liberals and send them to Afghanistan so they can join their terrorist brothers. And as for Obama’s destruction of this country; why are we so shocked? This guy needs to step down. We need to Step him down.

America has an Attorney General. It’s his call, and if there is a crime, against the very Geneva Convention agreement…… that AMERICA intiated, then why not bring out the TRUTH and let the chips fall where they may. The prior administration was a “rogue” administration…. if that’s OK with some of the Angry Maroons, then where is Your TRUTH?

Everyone blaming the admin for this haven’t been paying attention or only want to hear what they believe – not reality. This effort is coming from the pros at the Justice Dept., not the WH.
The JD doesn’t get their marching orders from the Oval Office anymore.

“…explain to me why we killed 3 Somali pirates by shooting them directly in the head execution style?”
Eh, because they were holding hostages, maybe? Not because someone pointed a finger at them to get the reward money – which in many cases, ended up in dragging in people that had nothing to do with terrorists or crime.
“I want them and need them on that wall! Sound familiar?”
Yes, its from a Hollywood fantasy. Don’t tell me that you now think that Hollywood is a source of good ideas for society? America is different from other countries. It was founded on a different idea – revolution against a monarch. It was established with different ideas – equality and freedom. And it tries to live up to the different ideas – liberty and justice FOR ALL.
“People going around with bombs strapped to them don’t have any morals.”
And we do – that’s what makes us different. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t defend morality by being immoral.

Just want we need to spend more time and money upon and hope we cna get some one for obstruction of justice with confusing their stories.
We are losing the war in Afghanistan and letting the taliban regroup. We need to focus our efforts and resources on winning over there. this is not the way to do it to have everyone involved needing to hire attorneys.
It will put lots of lawyers to work.

“Obama’s drone pilots can rest assured that a future republican will not prosecute them.”
Those pilots are soldiers and like me they were instructed in boot camp that there are two kinds of orders – legal ones and illegal ones.
That’s why we have RULES of engagement, so a soldier knows that when he’s told to shoot a bound prisoner in the head or massacre a village that that is an illegal order.
That’s why cover has been given to those that followed orders that were in operation at the time. In case you didn’t read the article it refers to those that exceeded even those RULES and made up their own.

OB-Wann, you could understand the confusion though. During the past 8 years, the “justice” department was simply a political extension of the White House. Bush flacks don’t understand why anyone would run things differently.

I see from many comments here that a lot of people want to put this garbage under the rug.I guess that they are afraid of the consequences of learning the truth. Many of the so called terrorists were in fact not terrorists at all and we killed by their captors. the cia and blackwater contractors are the real terrorists and should be jailed for “murder”. America has an “army” and ONLY the US Army should be involved in “war”.I would personally feel more safe if there was no CIA!

I’m with you John Copeland on not using mercenaries. I’d like to making sure elected leaders keep the CIA under conrol-but some one coulda slipped me some LSD.

Kenneth – “I’d like to making sure elected leaders keep the CIA under conrol-but some one coulda slipped me some LSD”_____I was going to reason with you, until I read that post, .. . .

Nevets101 LIES ARE WHAT REPUBLICAN DO WHEN THE TRUTH MAKES THEMSELVE LOOK LIKE THE EXTREMIST THEY ARE QUICKLY BECOMING… YOU PROMOTE AMERICAN DEATH PURSUANT TO A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY… THAT EXTREMISM… STOP KILLING THE AMERICAN DREAM WITH YOUR CONTINUED FAILED BELIEFS. LOOK AT YOUR HISTORY OF CONTROLLING CONGRESS AND SEE HOW OUR SYSTEM DIES A SLOW REPUBLICAN DEATH…

Wow..seems as if most of the Bush lap dog Republicans claim that such an investigation ‘will destroy us from within.” Duh, yeah! Bush starts a phony war…taps our phones…lets Cheny, Rove, Rumsfeld break laws….has spent blllions and billions with open budgets with private contractors like a dunken, welll…idiot…. while Americans lost their jobs…income, homes et al and in 8 years the “great decider” – who made A L L the decisions that caused this mess – stumbles around making speeches to rich, white, conservative millionaires re: that history will soon acknowledhe his “greatness!” Yeah..right….no one should be respponsible and held accountable for this on going tragedy, right? Blame Obama…it’s his fault right? WE give a football player and year in the slammer for shooting himself in the leg at a bar…..Bush is responsible for torture, lying, and untold THOUSANDS of civilian and military death, destruction, breaking laws..and he is not held responsible??!! M A D N E S S ! ! ! !
BUSH HAS ALREADY DESTROYED MORE ILLEGALLY THAN ANY LEGAL GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS WILL “DESTROY!!

So far, the torturers have been given a free pass. As long as this continues, the USA has zero credibility when it criticizes human rights violations in other countries. Indeed, many dictatorships are following our lead and using the “threat of terrorism” as a justification for torture.
Many of the republicans who whine about following the constitution, would be the first to beg for their human rights if they were tortured.

Obama can’t go soon enough….IMPEACH HIM. I hope when so many corrupt politicians are forced out next election,that the first thing the new Congress does is launch impeachment proceding against Obama..and then jail him and his marxist fascist crooked terrorist buddies.

I wonder who the next Torture CZAR is gonna’ be, another acquaintance from the hood in Chicago….? ? ?
Will he be in charge of Panetta

I don’t want to hear the President disagrees with him, If the President of the United States does not want his attorney general to do something all he must do is say NO. It’s just that Obama wants to appear to be against this but give the go ahead behind closed doors.
Chicago Style!!!

Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda and Taliban
soulmates must be laughing their
butts off at President Obama and his
nitwitted administration!
The president and his clueless
Attorney General appear to be
“hell bent” on insuring another
terrorist attack on our soil.
Is Partisan Political Gain Worth
Risking The Lives of Our Citizens?
2010 and 2012 can’t come soon enough!
You are So Out of Here!

Mr President, do your cabinet appointees consult you prior to announcing their agendas? The majority of the American public will not support this type of investigation. This whole investigation is ridiculous!! We were at WAR and still are. Is there any common sense out there??????

Obama needs to keep Rambo and Van Jones busy!
In the USSR, if you were a contra to the regime, you were anti-communist! Now, if you are against Pres. Obama’s regime, you are a racist!
Americans took Americans to the Totalitarian regime that we live in..CIA investigations are just the beginning,wait for the Elite White House Special Forces that are going to descend upon us. He picked Abraham Lincoln on his innagural address because he invisions a new civil war. The left has a hate of country that will ultimately win because radicals will destroy the “Imperialistic US”, de-develop the country and population control(us killing eachother) will be implemented. Even LaRouche is against Obama and he is a Marxist-Lenninlist.

It seems that the CIA will get the blame no matter what and then when they can not get people to work for them it is the American people that will pay for it. Look at the large amount of money that we will be asked to lay out now they want to have the people done harm by this action. It will make no differnce how it comes out the CIA will get a black eye.

They will destroy us from within….they have a friend in the Whitehouse now….and the DOJ!!!! God help us!!!!
Posted by: Kathy in Pa. | Aug 24, 2009 4:12:01 PM
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breaking news Kathy, we had an election, Bush is no longer in the White House……..

“…that is not true reality when someone would walk up to you, ask for directions and then promptly press a button for you and your coworkers to enjoy a close up 20 pound explosion of TNT.”——————because that happens so often in the US. If you people are so afraid to go through everyday life then please feel free to get out of my country. It’ll be a much better and safer place without all of your hatred and the weapons that come with it……don’t let the door hit ya..