Comments on: Wilson Statement on Bush’s Invocation of Executive Privilege to Protect Cheney

By: pete

pete — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:19:32 +0000

i thought according to cheney he is a member of the legislative branch not the executive

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:31:31 +0000

Yes.
The news that GWBush admitted to him (offhandedly, at that) that he’d Pixie Dust Declassified the NIE. Without telling the CIA, or other relevant agencies.

By: oldtree

oldtree — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:46:36 +0000

It’s always funny when the president admits he has committed another felony. The people of the US are laughing it up. This makes 31 that legal representation of the government have acknowledged publicly. But that is my amateur count. I suspect there are some instances that congress knows of that they can’t talk about. The FBI knows of a few that have caused senior members to resign. A FISA court judge resigned in protest of the violation of a law, but none of his fellows have?
Equal justice under law. Most amusing.

By: behindthefall

behindthefall — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:44:21 +0000

“Ludicrous” means, presumably, that someone is laughing. Sure as heck isn’t me.

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:34:09 +0000

why don’t we just wait until January 21, 2009, and conduct a real criminal investigation into this

george ain’t gonna be presnit, so his claims of executive privilege can be tossed by the President

what, is bush gonna invoke executive privilege without consulting the Executive ???

appoint an attorney general who will laugh these farcical claims out of existence, and that changes the whole ballgame

I give you this as an example of what could happen to george:

Judge Davis turned to the defendants. The speech you just gave has no legal meaning whatsoever, he said sternly. They were words in the English language, but they have no meaning as a matter of law. If, in future proceedings, you persist—even politely—in making these speeches, you face a severe risk of being expelled from the courtroom.

that quote is from a case where the defendants were trying to use “Posse Comitas” as a defense, but it will work against all farcical claims in a courtroom

here’s a link

oliely got laughed out of a courtroom, too

instead of repeating the same stuff over and over, why not just wait, and let mukasy splain his actions to a grand jury, under oath, without immunities

apply RICO, and burn these scabs off of the body politic

By: Leen

Leen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:41:49 +0000

ot Naomi Klein is a guest over at Crooks and Liars
http://www.crooksandliars.com/...../#comments

By: Leen

Leen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:39:01 +0000

As James Joyce pointed out on the last thread . Call the White House. 202-456-1111 or
202-225- 5126

Call Conyers, Waxman and your own Reps? As Christy has repeatedly said “to the phones”. At least the operators know we are alive

By: shawnfassett

shawnfassett — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:36:50 +0000

Mukasey is covered by this privlege even though he wasn’t in the office at the time of the “incident” ??

By: nomolos

nomolos — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:34:43 +0000

That was my question in the previous thread and as yet no-one has explained why that would not work.

Is it too efin simple for the lunkheads in congress?

By: Leen

Leen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:33:00 +0000

Like undermining National Security? Does Executive privilege apply when the President and Vice President undermined National Security