Comments on: Speaking of that Man-Sized Safe…

By: SENILEBIKER

SENILEBIKER — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:27:54 +0000

Ah, but the wonders of the information age. Nothing ever totally disappears.

Like those nice torture memos, you can write them, and keep them on paper, and number the copies, but what value do they have if you don’t communicate them to to the people you want to do the torturing. They might not see the actual memo, but they sure as hell would want something on paper to cover their asses.

Somewhere out there is the trail that leads to the pot of gold, and on Jan 21st, there will be a whole shit load of people who will be asking themselves if their interest is best served by trying to maintain the cover up, or coming clean and getting out of the line of fire.

My bet is on an ongoing prime time serial that will out run Dallas and Dynasty combined.

By: Leen

Leen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:22:02 +0000

“whether they have all ready destroyed materials” that makes sense, surprised they did not ask.

John Dean’s answer when I asked him who would be first on his Impeachment wish list

J. Dean October 14th, 2007 at 11:54 am
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No. 5 - QUESTIONS: “Would Ari Fleisher, Douglas Feith, John Bolton, Paul Wolfowitz, and David Wurmser be candidates for impeachment?

Who do you think most highly qualifies for impeachment?”

ANSWER: Any presidential appointee is subject to impeachment. I would put David Addington at the top of my list, because a simple majority vote after impeachment can bar that person from holding federal office. The thought of Addington coming back in an even high post is chilling.
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By: oldoilfieldhand

oldoilfieldhand — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:53:52 +0000

Ask congress and the new President to rejoin the I.C.C. everyone. The International Criminal Court will swallow up all the time and resources of the shredders of secret and not so secret (U.S. Constitution) documents. Addington may even be able to defend himself and deadeye simultaneously.

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:06:27 +0000

I’m late for the party again, but I’ve been moving to a new apartment, which looks down on the school where President-elect Obama went as a teenager.

Here’s my thought on Cheney destroying papers:
I remember how insistent the CIA was in getting written authorization to do what it did. Someone’s kept copies, if only to protect their own derrieres. Besides, the Cheney-Bush mob has committed so many felonies that its like reaching into a sack of popcorn kernels: You may not be able to grab them all, but you can grab enough of them to pay for their room and board at San Quentin for the rest of their lives.

Bob in HI

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:41:02 +0000

Why did they bother? Not a subpoena even, just a letter.

Yeah - that’s worth killing a tree over.

By: marksb

marksb — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:31:17 +0000

As if these bozos would ever answer, even under oath (you know: ‘executive privilege’), or for that matter even bother showing up. We have certainly learned more about the the phrase “stonewall”…

By: bmaz

bmaz — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:27:34 +0000

Good grief; thanks for that. I think. What a total ass that jerk is.

By: JimWhite

JimWhite — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:09:29 +0000

Geez, they ask whether these guys believe they can destroy relevant materials, but they don’t ask whether they have already destroyed materials. I wish they had asked that. That would be a very good question for someone to answer under oath.

Thanks for getting hold of the full letter, EW.

By: BoxTurtle

BoxTurtle — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:05:57 +0000

My bet is that it’s gone forever already. Cheney’s office is unlikely to have anyone who would/could prevent it. What’s the worst that happens? Cheney loses his sceurity clearence for mishandling classified documents.

Boxturtle (And it’ll be covered under the blanket pardon)

By: emptywheel

emptywheel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:24:32 +0000

Ah, thanks.

So many cover ups, so little time.