Comments on: SJC Mukasey Hearing, Part Three http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: masaccio http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48701 masaccio Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:46:48 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48701 <p>I just want to point out that Whitehouse done good.</p> I just want to point out that Whitehouse done good.

]]> By: skdadl http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48623 skdadl Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:21:20 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48623 <p>Too true. </p> <p>I honestly don’t know how scared to be any more. Tinfoil is not working. Our police and intel people are kind of incompetent, Keystone Kops, but they still do a lot of damage. And they are enamoured of your intel people, which is hardly encouraging.</p> Too true.

I honestly don’t know how scared to be any more. Tinfoil is not working. Our police and intel people are kind of incompetent, Keystone Kops, but they still do a lot of damage. And they are enamoured of your intel people, which is hardly encouraging.

]]> By: emptywheel http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48614 emptywheel Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:59:43 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48614 <p>Sorry, I make it a practice to adhere to longstanding, well-deserved nicknames for these goofballs. If you were John and he was John, I’d still call you both John.</p> Sorry, I make it a practice to adhere to longstanding, well-deserved nicknames for these goofballs. If you were John and he was John, I’d still call you both John.

]]> By: bobschacht http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48570 bobschacht Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:31:00 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48570 <p>“Mukasey clearly believes there are conditions where torture is and can be justified. That is the bottom line.”</p> <p>That’s right. As I wrote on another thread earlier today, Mukasey is resisting making a <strong>policy</strong> pronouncement on torture. Instead, the administration’s position is that it deals with whether or not to torture on a case by case basis, with the final decision being made by Bush &/or Cheney.</p> <p>Bob in HI</p> “Mukasey clearly believes there are conditions where torture is and can be justified. That is the bottom line.”

That’s right. As I wrote on another thread earlier today, Mukasey is resisting making a policy pronouncement on torture. Instead, the administration’s position is that it deals with whether or not to torture on a case by case basis, with the final decision being made by Bush &/or Cheney.

Bob in HI

]]> By: Rayne http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48565 Rayne Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:26:55 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48565 <p>Not like they don’t watch EW already, along with anybody who comes in regular contact with her, though.</p> Not like they don’t watch EW already, along with anybody who comes in regular contact with her, though.

]]> By: skdadl http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48564 skdadl Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:23:57 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48564 <blockquote><p>… while also trying to figure out which database at NSA I’m ending up in.</p></blockquote> <p>Heh. I know. I’m putting y’all in danger by communicating with you from an alien entity (aka Canada).</p>

… while also trying to figure out which database at NSA I’m ending up in.

Heh. I know. I’m putting y’all in danger by communicating with you from an alien entity (aka Canada).

]]> By: jayt http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48563 jayt Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:22:07 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48563 <p><i>There will always be ongoing investigations of their illegal activity because so much of what they do is illegal.</i></p> <p>Brilliant really, in the most disgusting sort of way…</p> <p>Today’s crimes are tomorrow’s old news. “Let’s just move on, shall we?”</p> There will always be ongoing investigations of their illegal activity because so much of what they do is illegal.

Brilliant really, in the most disgusting sort of way…

Today’s crimes are tomorrow’s old news. “Let’s just move on, shall we?”

]]> By: Rayne http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48562 Rayne Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:21:39 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48562 <p>My daughter thinks I’m psychic; I mouthed the words to here, “I can’t discuss it because of an ongoing investigation” just before Mukasey said there’s an ongoing investigation.</p> <p>Told her, “Look, Mom didn’t even have to go to Yale to figure that out.”</p> <p>Sheesh. How many times are we going to be subjected to this subterfuge?</p> <p>Are we going to have to pay third parties (i.e. other countries) to produce the evidence to put these guys away? After Conyer’s comments on video, I have to wonder if they are waiting for the actual smoking gun AND the dead body before they take action.</p> My daughter thinks I’m psychic; I mouthed the words to here, “I can’t discuss it because of an ongoing investigation” just before Mukasey said there’s an ongoing investigation.

Told her, “Look, Mom didn’t even have to go to Yale to figure that out.”

Sheesh. How many times are we going to be subjected to this subterfuge?

Are we going to have to pay third parties (i.e. other countries) to produce the evidence to put these guys away? After Conyer’s comments on video, I have to wonder if they are waiting for the actual smoking gun AND the dead body before they take action.

]]> By: LS http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48561 LS Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:20:30 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48561 <p>Mukasey…as long as there was appropriate certification and a firm legal base to approve torture….we won’t investigate whether it occurred or not, i.e., if Bush said it was okay, and Bybee said it was okay, it was okay, and there is no reason to look at it any further, whether it was depicted on the tapes or not.</p> Mukasey…as long as there was appropriate certification and a firm legal base to approve torture….we won’t investigate whether it occurred or not, i.e., if Bush said it was okay, and Bybee said it was okay, it was okay, and there is no reason to look at it any further, whether it was depicted on the tapes or not.

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48560 Leen Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:20:18 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/01/30/sjc-mukasey-hearing-part-three/#comment-48560 <p>Does it end?</p> Does it end?

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