Noting that George Bush Sr. pardoned the Iran-Contra clan on Christmas eve of 1992, Democrats.com is warning that his son could do something very similar Wednesday: pardon Dick Cheney and the rest of the administration officials who authorized and encouraged the torture and humiliation of “war on terror” detainees.
The New York Times’ David Johnston has an interesting analysis today of the Blagojevich scandal, noting that prosecutors might have swooped in on the case too early — before the Illinois governor had actually done anything wrong — or at least, anything illegal.
Defense lawyers are already pointing out, More…
As I wrote on Wednesday, there are already several lawsuits from torture victims pending against the United States, and some legal scholars predict many more to come. So what if an Obama-sponsored investigative commission set up a means for compensating torture victims? That could save the government a whole More…
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