This was a report initiated by the Bush Administration and heavily pushed by the Bush Administration to be lenient!
Also this report is not about illegal activities, but the CONDUCT of the lawyers in writing legal briefs that are written specifically to circumvent the law! On May 6, 4:39 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > and then they seek to go after its authors... Another case of of > Obama lies... > > http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjRhNWQ2YTRlYWI2NzU0Yjc0NmFlN2Fj... > > >> The Obama Justice Department is engaged in the worst type of hypocrisy. > >> Its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is nearing completion of a > >> 220-page report which will recommend that Attorney General Eric Holder > >> refer former Bush administration lawyers to their state bar disciplinary > >> committees over purported ethical lapses in the legal analysis those > >> lawyers drafted to justify harsh interrogation techniques that critics — > >> including President Obama himself — have labeled “torture.” The draft > >> report, which is not public, was nevertheless reported on last night by > >> the Washington Post and New York Times — apparently based on leaks from > >> the Justice Department (in an ethics case, no less). Such bar referrals > >> could result in profound professional and financial damage, potentially > >> including disbarment — all due to actions the lawyers took in defense of > >> the United States after the 9/11 attacks. > > Yet, even as the OPR report is being finalized, even after Obama > declared himself open to the possibility of criminal prosecution > against the Bush officials, and even after Holder promised to conduct > an investigation that would “follow the evidence wherever it takes us, > follow the law wherever that takes us” (emphasis added), the Obama > Justice Department is relying on the very same legal analysis in order > to urge a federal appeals court to reject torture claims. In fact, as > the Obama Justice Department argued to that appeals court a little > over a week ago, the torture law analysis in question has already been > adopted by another federal appeals court. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
