Comments on: Leahy to Bybee: Why Won’t a Federal Judge Testify before Senate Judiciary Committee? http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DeadLast http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157937 DeadLast Fri, 15 May 2009 02:12:50 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157937 <p>Bye Bye Jay Bybee. (Almost a palindrome.)</p> Bye Bye Jay Bybee. (Almost a palindrome.)

]]> By: timbo http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157889 timbo Fri, 15 May 2009 01:00:32 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157889 <p>The whole conclusion here is not meaningful. If Conyers demanded Bybee appear, he’d better well had. The House is the one that votes for an impeachment trial in the Senate…but with Pelosi in charge it’s unlikely that any of these criminals are going to come to justice any time soon…or, at the very least, be removed from official political power?! WTF is wrong with the Congress is all in the House…until the point that they actually impeach some folks and reassert their Constitutional perogative to maintain some semblence of Constitutionality to the government…or is it that the House’s relevancy is no longer all that important to the conduct of a legal form of government?</p> The whole conclusion here is not meaningful. If Conyers demanded Bybee appear, he’d better well had. The House is the one that votes for an impeachment trial in the Senate…but with Pelosi in charge it’s unlikely that any of these criminals are going to come to justice any time soon…or, at the very least, be removed from official political power?! WTF is wrong with the Congress is all in the House…until the point that they actually impeach some folks and reassert their Constitutional perogative to maintain some semblence of Constitutionality to the government…or is it that the House’s relevancy is no longer all that important to the conduct of a legal form of government?

]]> By: freepatriot http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157815 freepatriot Thu, 14 May 2009 22:43:27 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157815 <p>why wont they testify ???</p> <p>maybe it’s because they raped and murdered the children of Kalid sheik Mohammad, and they got video of the crimes</p> <p>I just clipped this from the comments at wapo</p> <blockquote><p>A few things to remember.</p> <p>(1) John Yoo wrote that it would be legal to crush a child’s testicles in front of his father to get the father to talk</p> <p>(2) KSM’s 7- and 9-year-old sons were captured before he was, and are now nowhere to be found</p> <p>(3) Seymour Hersch wrote that there have been case of children being tortured by US agents, and even children being sodomized</p> <p>I think the photos would destroy the US’ reputation beyond reclamation.</p> <p>Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 14, 2009 12:55 PM | Report abuse </p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/white-house-watch/torture/deconstructing-obamas-excuses.html?wprss=rss_blog?ref=fp4" rel="nofollow">froomkin has the goods</a></p> <p>and I got some questions</p> <p>not the “NICE” kind a questions either …</p> why wont they testify ???

maybe it’s because they raped and murdered the children of Kalid sheik Mohammad, and they got video of the crimes

I just clipped this from the comments at wapo

A few things to remember.

(1) John Yoo wrote that it would be legal to crush a child’s testicles in front of his father to get the father to talk

(2) KSM’s 7- and 9-year-old sons were captured before he was, and are now nowhere to be found

(3) Seymour Hersch wrote that there have been case of children being tortured by US agents, and even children being sodomized

I think the photos would destroy the US’ reputation beyond reclamation.

Posted by: chrisfox8 | May 14, 2009 12:55 PM | Report abuse

froomkin has the goods

and I got some questions

not the “NICE” kind a questions either …

]]> By: phred http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157796 phred Thu, 14 May 2009 22:12:29 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157796 <p>LOL : ) No worries there fatster — I really appreciate the tip in the first place! ‘Course next time make sure you’re not such a slacker, ok? ; )</p> LOL : ) No worries there fatster — I really appreciate the tip in the first place! ‘Course next time make sure you’re not such a slacker, ok? ; )

]]> By: fatster http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157793 fatster Thu, 14 May 2009 22:05:37 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157793 <p>My apologies to you, phred. I signed off after posting that and only just got back on. Otherwise, I would certainly have been scrambling around trying to find a good link for you. Be embarrassed that Petrocelli, Marcy, and others had to do that when it should have been me.</p> My apologies to you, phred. I signed off after posting that and only just got back on. Otherwise, I would certainly have been scrambling around trying to find a good link for you. Be embarrassed that Petrocelli, Marcy, and others had to do that when it should have been me.

]]> By: phred http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157761 phred Thu, 14 May 2009 21:09:25 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157761 <p>Thanks Petro. TPM is referring to an MSNBC interview which is referring to a Daily Beast article. I put a link to it on the thread upstairs…</p> Thanks Petro. TPM is referring to an MSNBC interview which is referring to a Daily Beast article. I put a link to it on the thread upstairs…

]]> By: emptywheel http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157753 emptywheel Thu, 14 May 2009 21:00:11 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157753 <p>That, and the memos say only torture if he’s not compliant. Wilkerson’s is the second allegation that Cheney ordered torture after someone was deemed compliant (and that’s before we trace the Abu Zubaydah waterboard 83 order back to Cheney).</p> That, and the memos say only torture if he’s not compliant. Wilkerson’s is the second allegation that Cheney ordered torture after someone was deemed compliant (and that’s before we trace the Abu Zubaydah waterboard 83 order back to Cheney).

]]> By: emptywheel http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157751 emptywheel Thu, 14 May 2009 20:58:57 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157751 <p>Not petty–thanks for the correction.</p> Not petty–thanks for the correction.

]]> By: Petrocelli http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157750 Petrocelli Thu, 14 May 2009 20:58:08 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157750 <p>Here’s the link - <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/05/bubbling.php" rel="nofollow">Bubbling</a> - from TPM</p> <p>As of right now, it is also on the front page, upper left corner at TPM</p> Here’s the link – Bubbling – from TPM

As of right now, it is also on the front page, upper left corner at TPM

]]> By: klynn http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157740 klynn Thu, 14 May 2009 20:41:28 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/05/14/leahy-to-bybee-why-wont-a-federal-judge-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-157740 <p>Yes, indeed.</p> Yes, indeed.

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