. . . activity and decided against taking legal action in all cases but one. In that one case, in which a contract employee attacked a terrorist detainee with a metal flashlight, the contractor was found guilty. His case was appealed and his conviction upheld.

In other words, justice was done.

But apparently for Holder, justice under a Republican administration doesn’t mean the same thing as justice under a Democratic administration.

On the day the report was released, CIA Director Leon Panetta - himself an Obama appointee - protested that the CIA received “multiple written assurances its methods were lawful.”

The report reveals that the men and women of the CIA not only worked diligent...

. . . activity and decided against taking legal action in all cases but one. In that one case, in which a contract employee attacked a terrorist detainee with a metal flashlight, the contractor was found guilty. His case was appealed and his conviction upheld.

In other words, justice was done.

But apparently for Holder, justice under a Republican administration doesn’t mean the same thing as justice under a Democratic administration.

On the day the report was released, CIA Director Leon Panetta - himself an Obama appointee - protested that the CIA received “multiple written assurances its methods were lawful.”

The report reveals that the men and women of the CIA not only worked diligently to develop and adhere it these methods, but that their work also yielded intelligence that saved lives.

Never mind. There’s a new sheriff in town.

Holder, uniquely duty-bound to uphold the law, has disregarded the law as applied by his predecessors because he disagrees with their politics.

You could say that this is behavior more befitting a Third World dictatorship than the United States of America, except that even Third World dictators don’t unilaterally disarm in the process of administering politically driven “justice.”

The honorable thing would be for the president to come out and say it; to tell the American people that be believes the threat manifest on 9/11 has passed. That we can now return to business as usual.

Instead, the president is silent on Martha’s Vineyard, and his surrogates are blaming the political prosecutions of CIA officials on the Attorney General.

Even if you believe this convenient division of political culpability, the Attorney General has failed to honor the law. He has given into - or faithfully carried out - the revenge fantasies of the anti-American left.

If Obama won’t uphold his fundamental duty as Commander-in-Chief to defend those who have been defending America, the least he can do is insist that his Attorney General uphold his fundamental duty to defend the rule of law.

If Holder and his senior team won’t do the right thing and resign their positions, Obama should do ...

Instead, the president is silent on Martha’s Vineyard, and his surrogates are blaming the political prosecutions of CIA officials on the Attorney General.

Even if you believe this convenient division of political culpability, the Attorney General has failed to honor the law. He has given into - or faithfully carried out - the revenge fantasies of the anti-American left.

If Obama won’t uphold his fundamental duty as Commander-in-Chief to defend those who have been defending America, the least he can do is insist that his Attorney General uphold his fundamental duty to defend the rule of law.

If Holder and his senior team won’t do the right thing and resign their positions, Obama should do the right thing and fire them.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich

There will be no danger of special prosecutors rationalizing their existence this time. The American people already have a long list of prime targets for investigation.

I do not deny that those who participated in torture did what they thought they had to do to protect this country, but their methods were outside of the law and as such the Attorney General, whose duty is to uphold the rule of law, is doing as he should.

Gingrich is playing his part well, as expected, by reducing the over-whelming number of torture cases (remember, we have already seen the photos) down to one and painting it as a seemingly benign case of ‘frustration’ on the part of the interrogator.

He can ignore the effe...

There will be no danger of special prosecutors rationalizing their existence this time. The American people already have a long list of prime targets for investigation.

I do not deny that those who participated in torture did what they thought they had to do to protect this country, but their methods were outside of the law and as such the Attorney General, whose duty is to uphold the rule of law, is doing as he should.

Gingrich is playing his part well, as expected, by reducing the over-whelming number of torture cases (remember, we have already seen the photos) down to one and painting it as a seemingly benign case of ‘frustration’ on the part of the interrogator.

He can ignore the effect that committing torture has on the torturer and the overall effect it has on the ethical standing of his government all he wants, but there are many American citizens who love this country enough to show the rest of the world that we will prosecute the law-breakers even if they are top officials.

You can believe that if we allow those perpetrators to get away with this now then this government will resort to even more heinous activity. It has to be stopped now.

If it was a democratic president responsible I would call for justice will equal enthusiasm. Gingrich is fighting against it just because it is his party’s line and that my friend is dangerous.