- Jun 29, 2007
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Judge Allows Civil Lawsuit Over Claims of Torture
Next up: Impeach Bybee.
Gonzales, Feith, Addington, and Haynes can 'Scooter' away but they cannot hide. Can Cheney and Rumsfailed be far behind?
Withholding evidence and information in regard to criminal behavior with preposterous opinions written to circumvent the law and provide cover for illegal administrative policy must be punished.
Every action must be taken, civilly and criminally, to stop this outrageous behavior in the future from ?super-loyalists? who hide behind executive privilege while violating their Constitutional oaths and writing opinions to fit disgusting administrative guidelines. Let this be a warning:
You swore to protect and defend the Constitution - not Dick Cheney and George Bush.
Mr. Padilla was held as an ?enemy combatant? in solitary confinement for more than three years in the Navy brig in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Padilla, who was convicted of supporting terrorism and other crimes, demands that Mr. Yoo be held accountable for actions that Mr. Padilla claims led to his being tortured.
During the time Mr. Padilla was held in the brig, according to his filings in the case, he ?suffered gross physical and psychological abuse at the hands of federal officials as part off a systematic program of abusive interrogation intended to break down Mr. Padilla?s humanity and his will to live.?
In the 42-page ruling, Judge Jeffrey S. White of Federal District Court in San Francisco characterized the conflict as one that embodies the tension ?between the requirements of war and the defense of the very freedoms that war seeks to protect.?
Mr. Yoo, as part of a senior administrative group called the War Council, helped to shape Bush administration policy in the war on terrorism, and as deputy attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel from 2001 to 2003, wrote many memorandums authorizing harsh treatment. Mr. Yoo had argued that he should be immune from the suit because it was not clearly established that the treatment would be unconstitutional.
Next up: Impeach Bybee.
Gonzales, Feith, Addington, and Haynes can 'Scooter' away but they cannot hide. Can Cheney and Rumsfailed be far behind?
Withholding evidence and information in regard to criminal behavior with preposterous opinions written to circumvent the law and provide cover for illegal administrative policy must be punished.
Every action must be taken, civilly and criminally, to stop this outrageous behavior in the future from ?super-loyalists? who hide behind executive privilege while violating their Constitutional oaths and writing opinions to fit disgusting administrative guidelines. Let this be a warning:
You swore to protect and defend the Constitution - not Dick Cheney and George Bush.