Bush II-era cia lawyer threatened staffers over pursuing waterboarding investigation

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quelle surprise

you people did intellectual gynastics to justify torture w/ your repub lawyers (see- Bybee memo )

Andrea Mitchell: Inside Feinstein's Accusations - NBC News

NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's claims that the CIA improperly searched Congressional computers in its investigation of Bush-era detention and interrogation program.

 

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Transcript: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers - The Washington Post
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the acting counsel general of the CIA filed a crimes report with the Department of Justice concerning the committee staff's actions. I have not been provided the specifics of these allegations, or been told whether the department has initiated a criminal investigation based on the allegations of the CIA's acting general counsel.

As a result, there is no legitimate reason to allege to the Justice Department that Senate staff may have committed a crime. I view the acting counsel general's referral as a potential effort to intimidate this staff, and I am not taking this lightly.

Besides the constitutional implications, the CIA search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the CIA from conducting domestic searches or surveillance.

Very troubling. VERY troubling

 

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Transcript: Sen. Dianne Feinstein says CIA searched Intelligence Committee computers - The Washington Post
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the acting counsel general of the CIA filed a crimes report with the Department of Justice concerning the committee staff's actions. I have not been provided the specifics of these allegations, or been told whether the department has initiated a criminal investigation based on the allegations of the CIA's acting general counsel.

As a result, there is no legitimate reason to allege to the Justice Department that Senate staff may have committed a crime. I view the acting counsel general's referral as a potential effort to intimidate this staff, and I am not taking this lightly.

Besides the constitutional implications, the CIA search may also have violated the Fourth Amendment, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the CIA from conducting domestic searches or surveillance.

Very troubling. VERY troubling

Remember when President Obama's preacher got in all sorts of mess because he said America's chickens were "coming home to roost?"

What if our CIA ran out of places to **** with, and came home to **** with us in their down time. You know, for practice and shit.

 

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C-SPAN 2 Live Stream | C-SPAN.org

Senate Re-Air: Sen. Feinstein & Sen. Leahy on CIA Search of Congress' Computers

 

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This might lead to a Constitutional crisis. This is what happens when you let your predecessors off the hook.

 

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I hope the director is telling the truth

CIA Challenges Opportunities | Video | C-SPAN.org

 

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95 views of a possible Constitutional breach and all I hear is crickets?

Behind The Fight: Why The Senate and CIA Are Feuding - NBC News

 

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quelle surprise

you people did intellectual gynastics to justify torture w/ your repub lawyers (see- Bybee memo )

Andrea Mitchell: Inside Feinstein's Accusations - NBC News

NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's claims that the CIA improperly searched Congressional computers in its investigation of Bush-era detention and interrogation program.

Anything to change the conversation back to Bush. Partisan nonsense IMO.

 

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All the drama over sprinkling water on someone's face.

 

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All the drama over sprinkling water on someone's face.

Thats why Hannity allowed it to be done to him. Oh wait!!! He punked-out

 

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Well let me put it in clear language that everyone can understand, water boarding versus one dead American, get it on! As for those ***** liberals, and yes conservatives, you think the other side pays by the rules? good luck with that misrepresentation of fact.

 

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All the drama over sprinkling water on someone's face.

I'm sure you have had it done..right?



That's also not everything that was done.

 

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Well let me put it in clear language that everyone can understand, water boarding versus one dead American, get it on! As for those ***** liberals, and yes conservatives, you think the other side pays by the rules? good luck with that misrepresentation of fact.

We play by the rules.

That's what makes America great.

And conservatives, disgusting.

 

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All the drama over sprinkling water on someone's face.

I'm sure you have had it done..right?

That's also not everything that was done.

none of these "rw tough guys" has had it done. Not the way that "the company" does it anyway.

 

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All the drama over sprinkling water on someone's face.

I'm sure you have had it done..right?



That's also not everything that was done.

I have and it's not a very big deal. It's much easier than 8 hours in the box.

 

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Well let me put it in clear language that everyone can understand, water boarding versus one dead American, get it on! As for those ***** liberals, and yes conservatives, you think the other side pays by the rules? good luck with that misrepresentation of fact.

We play by the rules.

That's what makes America great.

And conservatives, disgusting.

Tell that to a POW or hostage, good luck with your rules, these rules you speak of haven't been SOP sense 1918. But then again keep on dreaming.

 

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rw'ers- lowering us down to the enemies level

 

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rw'ers- lowering us down to the enemies level

Cutting their head off would have been lowering us down to the enemies level. Using non-lethal interrogation methods on one or two high asset prisoners saved dozens, maybe hundreds of American lives.

You may one of those that is still alive.

 

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^ conjecture man is here to save the day. Spare us w/ your tortuous, unsourced opinions .

i'll take this guy's word over any of your peoples any day of the week:

Real Men Don't Torture ? Washingtons Blog

“Fundamentally, those kinds of techniques are ineffective. If the goal is to gain actionable intelligence, and it is, and if that’s important, and it is, then we have to use the techniques that are most effective. Torture is the technique of choice of the lazy, stupid and pseudo-tough.”

Now stop wasting our time and run along Scooter