Comments on: Reactions to the Obama and Cheney speeches http://newsrackblog.com/2009/05/22/reactions-to-the-obama-and-cheney-speeches/ a citizen's journal by Thomas Nephew Fri, 18 May 2012 00:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: newsrackblog.com » Blog Archive » “Law and the Long War,” by Benjamin Wittes - a blog discussion http://newsrackblog.com/2009/05/22/reactions-to-the-obama-and-cheney-speeches/#comment-5947 newsrackblog.com » Blog Archive » “Law and the Long War,” by Benjamin Wittes - a blog discussion Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:07:17 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2641#comment-5947 [...] within the Obama administration.  For example, shortly after Obama’s somewhat disappointing (to me) speech envisioning “preventive detention” in May, Wittes and Colleen Peppard (a [...] [...] within the Obama administration.  For example, shortly after Obama’s somewhat disappointing (to me) speech envisioning “preventive detention” in May, Wittes and Colleen Peppard (a [...]

]]> By: Lisa Moscatiello http://newsrackblog.com/2009/05/22/reactions-to-the-obama-and-cheney-speeches/#comment-5465 Lisa Moscatiello Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:12:59 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2641#comment-5465 "treating political disagreements as a punishable offense, and political opponents as criminals. It’s hard to imagine a worse precedent, filled with more possibilities for trouble and abuse, than to have an incoming administration criminalize the policy decisions of its predecessors." This is the official talking point. I heard Karl Rove say almost the exact words on Schmannity. “treating political disagreements as a punishable offense, and political opponents as criminals. It’s hard to imagine a worse precedent, filled with more possibilities for trouble and abuse, than to have an incoming administration criminalize the policy decisions of its predecessors.”

This is the official talking point. I heard Karl Rove say almost the exact words on Schmannity.

]]> By: Thomas Nephew http://newsrackblog.com/2009/05/22/reactions-to-the-obama-and-cheney-speeches/#comment-5381 Thomas Nephew Sun, 24 May 2009 19:09:04 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2641#comment-5381 Oh Robert, you absolutist. That kind of finger pointing just re-litigates the controversies of the past eight years, and distracts us from meeting the challenges of the future. Oh Robert, you absolutist. That kind of finger pointing just re-litigates the controversies of the past eight years, and distracts us from meeting the challenges of the future.

]]> By: Robert Nephew http://newsrackblog.com/2009/05/22/reactions-to-the-obama-and-cheney-speeches/#comment-5380 Robert Nephew Sun, 24 May 2009 18:44:42 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2641#comment-5380 Cheney: "Some are even demanding that those who recommended and approved the interrogations be prosecuted..." I don't *necessarily* want them prosecuted, but I want a U.S. Attorney to *investigate* the case and determine whether those who recommended and approved the "interrogations" committed a crime in doing so, and, if the U.S. Attorney thinks a crime was committed, then* I want him to submit the case to a grand jury, and if the grand jury hands down one or more indictments, *then* I want them prosecuted, and if they are convicted by a jury of their peers, and their convictions are upheld after appeal, then I want their sentences to be carried out. In other words, I want them to be treated just like every other potential criminal defendant has been treated in America for the past 200+ years. What about this is so difficult to understand? Cheney: “Some are even demanding that those who recommended and approved the interrogations be prosecuted…”

I don’t *necessarily* want them prosecuted, but I want a U.S. Attorney to *investigate* the case and determine whether those who recommended and approved the “interrogations” committed a crime in doing so, and, if the U.S. Attorney thinks a crime was committed, then* I want him to submit the case to a grand jury, and if the grand jury hands down one or more indictments, *then* I want them prosecuted, and if they are convicted by a jury of their peers, and their convictions are upheld after appeal, then I want their sentences to be carried out.

In other words, I want them to be treated just like every other potential criminal defendant has been treated in America for the past 200+ years.

What about this is so difficult to understand?

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