@36. tanstaafl:
Bush violated the FISA rules regularly, and admitted as much. Obama has done no such thing.
Habeas Corpus applies to US citizens – under Bush, even US citizens were denied this right.
You, like your mentor in his various Apology Tours, seem to want to make the United States the enemy.
No – I just want Americans who violate the laws of the United States to be punished.
You seem mainly focused on the previous administration, whilst your mentor takes in the broad sweep of American history for his condemnatory allusions.
The prosecution of Bush is imperative to international relations. So long as he remains free, our country carries his shame.
@37. Jeff:
Honestly, DS, you were kidding when you typed that weren’t you?
Not one bit. In case you hadn’t noticed, torture, rendition and the lack of due process were not reserved for enemy combatants.
41. myth buster:
International law states that ununiformed persons captured on the battlefield are ipso facto guilty of the capital crime of espionage/sabotage/piracy.
How does that change the status of persons captured away from the battlefield? And how do you know the military has been completely forthright? Do you not understand the Geneva conventions?
The fact is that people were tortured in direct violation of US and international law, under direct supervision by Bush and Cheney. That’s called a war crime. It should be prosecuted as such.
Peace.
DS
