Memo Compilation re: detainee's/wiretaps/etc

[CLite]

http://www.propublica.org/special/missing-memos?s=1

A very good listing with a timeline of memo's regarding the 8 year long development of warrantless wiretapping, interrogation, and other issues that have fairly questionable legal basis.

There is no political bias, just a list with links to all the memos. I highly doubt anything real "juicy" will be find, just dry legal talk about the justification for these programs.

I thought the one entry about legal advice on McCain's 2004 anti-toture legislation was particularly funny, I seriously respected the man until he back pedaled on every issue I agreed with him to make a serious stab at the primaries. There is a link to a 233 page document for it, tbh I have not read it. But the abstract is:

This pre-decisional memo advised on legal approaches to National Defense Reauthorization Act of 2005, which included the so-called McCain Amendment to ban torture. Bush accepted the law, but in a signing statement, noted that the administration would not implement the amendment because it impinges on the president's constitutional authority to conduct military operations.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Bush is going to have a hard time getting re-elected with this type of thing out there.

 

[CLite]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Bush is going to have a hard time getting re-elected with this type of thing out there.

From past threads I realize you don't care about history, and never bother to educate yourself. However there are others that might be interested in the history of actions that are taken that have led to our current situation. Please excuse yourself from threads you have no interest in.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Bush is going to have a hard time getting re-elected with this type of thing out there.

Who said anything about being re-elected? Is it hard to breathe with your head always stuck in the dirt?