 merrie says: Despite his reluctance to “look backward,” Obama made clear in April that he was deferring to Holder on whether to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who drafted the legal justification for the interrogation techniques employed by the CIA on terror detainees. Three months later, Holder is leaning toward appointing a prosecutor, and he could name one in a matter of weeks, a decision apparently made after reading a classified version of the CIA inspector general’s report on enhanced interrogation techniques and other material. But if a prosecutor is appointed, it could be virtually impossible to limit the scope of the investigation, Rivkin said, noting that once a special prosecutor is appointed, he or she is given “unrestrained resources” and expected to find wrongdoing. As a result, a special prosecutor’s investigation broadens and shifts course, distracting the attention of Washington " as in the cases of former President Bill Clinton’s real estate dealings . . . . and the leak of the identity of former CIA official Valerie Plame. The prosecutors in both cases did not have the evidence to support indictments related to the original allegations, but ended up catching officials in lies tied to the inquiries themselves. Merely talking about investigating the Bush years has already proved polarizing. The American Civil Liberties Union on Sunday released a statement nudging Holder toward appointing a prosecutor, saying the group was “encouraged” by reports that he may do so. But Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told “FOX News Sunday” that the call to investigate a prior administration is part of a “terrible trend,” and suggested the same could happen to Obama ... Even if the debate over torture allegations is cleared away, other Democrats want to look more closely at a proposal to capture or kill Al Qaeda operatives that the CIA apparently kept secret from lawmakers. “Congress should have been told. We should have been briefed before the commencement of this kind of sensitive program,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told “FOX News Sunday.” “This is a big problem.” Cornyn, though, countered that the clamor over the program looks “suspiciously like an attempt to provide political cover” to Pelosi, who in May came under fire for accusing the CIA of lying to Congress. House Democrats are now backing u... “Congress should have been told. We should have been briefed before the commencement of this kind of sensitive program,”It wasn't "commenced" at all. Have you seen Disney’s new robot Obama? Do you think we could secretly replace the real one with it? Yeah, I watched that  and I loved it. That would be a fantastic, we could hire David Copperfield to do the job, but we should have a robot Michele O for the super star "First Lady"! Sasha and Malia are just perfect as "themselves" and Granny can be "herself", unless she starts talking baby talk to the kids. |
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