Comments on: The Taxpayers Paid Dick Cheney’s Personal Defense Attorney to Obstruct Any Inquiries Into His Crimes

By: Garrett

Garrett — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:49:49 +0000

The FBI documents have an amusing email exchange around pages 61 to 68.

FBI GC Valerie Capone asks someone to prepare a timeline about FBI involvement in abuse. In case Congress asks. Which they haven’t yet.

“Some judgment needs to be used in terms of what should go in,” she says.

DGC Julie Thomas later says OK your timeline is ready. Since you have recused yourself on the issue, should I send it to Pat?

Valerie Capone says no, send it to me, I actually need it for myself. It is for when OIG questions me about “my malfeasance, er, involvement.”

You’d think General Counsel, for the FBI, where she has recused herself, might be a little more circumspect.

By: fatster

fatster — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:40:15 +0000

U.S. sends six Uighurs from Guantanamo to Palau Link.

By: iremember54

iremember54 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:23:44 +0000

We’ll be paying for Cheney long after He’s dead and gone.

We forget that the Repubicans in the Congress aided and abeded everything they did.

Soon we’ll be tired of the Dems, and put another Republican Administration in so we can have more of the same.

Such short memories.

By: fatster

fatster — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:27:06 +0000

Apparently, DOJ was so concerned with suspending prisoners from ceilings and other such "treatment" that they debated prosecuting the CIA official in charge but decided not to. !!!!!

By: SadButTrue

SadButTrue — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:29:44 +0000

This brings up an interesting question for those of us who are not lawyers. If the federal government paid these lawyers, does that not make the product of their efforts the property of the people? At the very least I should think it would create a potential challenge to any attorney client privilege – if the client is not Cheney, but the US government.

Any clarifications from those who might know?

By: sunshine

sunshine — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:17:58 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up.

By: bmaz

bmaz — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:53:23 +0000

According to this, he was eligible for dual citizenship until his 23rd birthday because of his father's status, but not thereafter. Don't know if that is correct, but no reason to doubt it.

By: fatster

fatster — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:52:38 +0000

In addition to Caitin’s response @ 18 above, do see EW’s comment @18 (not a typo) on the “Hung Out to Dry” article. Just fast-forward a few to get to it.

By: sunshine

sunshine — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:48:21 +0000

If an American was in Canada and had a baby the baby is still American but could also hold duo citizenship of American and Canadian. I think Kenya may works this way also. O’s dad was from Kenya and I think Kenya officials may have said he had citizenship. I read this but don’t know if it is a fact.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:03:29 +0000

Book Salon up at the Mothership with T.R. Reid's The Healing of America hosted by Merrill Goozner