Internal Justice Dept. Investigation Includes Yoo Torture Memo

[L. Coyote]

Internal Justice Dept. Investigation Includes Yoo Torture Memo
Paul Kiel - April 18, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/internal_justice_dept_investig.php

Just how bad were John Yoo's now-infamous torture memos?

After numerous calls from Congress for the DoJ to get digging, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility told Congress in February that it is busy investigating Yoo's infamous August, 2002 torture memo. That one, signed by then Office of Legal Counsel chief Jay Bybee, limited the definition of torture to physical pain "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." It was the administration's so-called "golden shield" which permitted the CIA to use its most aggressive interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding.

And then in March of 2003 came Yoo's memo broadly authorizing the use of torture by military interrogators on unlawful combatants. Now OPR has told Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) that it will be investigating that memo, too.

It is far short of a criminal investigation. ....

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[grasswire]

1. Is Yoo a Moonie?

Is the Rev. Sun Myung Moon behind the subversion of the Constitution, through Yoo?

[SpiralHawk]

7. Damn good question...

Is Yoo yet another anti-American republicon devotee of Rev. "I am the Second Coming of Christ" Moon?

[mrdmk]

2. There are two points

1) Does the congress want to put the government on trail. This will be a bad P.R. for all involved, including the people asking the questions.

2) Will George W. Bush Jr. pardon everyone under investigation before he leaves office (just like daddy)? That would stop all investigations. Bill Clinton's record will not mentioned about follow-up investigations at this point.

There is no use in speculating about the corporates media reporting on this matter. Of course, it will be a joke.

It seems as if the whole country is stuck with their thumbs up their collective asses by the powers that be in this country. It is time to take back what is ours.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. The American people deserve to have this investigated.

Having said that, I agree that something will derail justice yet again.

But, I believe it will be the GOP's DoJ that will do it.

It will get no where near a pardoning.

But it should be on CSPAN.

We need video and a record of this. If not for us, for history.

[Supersedeas]

4. another cover PR investigation to deflect questioning

[L. Coyote]

5. another fox investigating fox investigation to deflect indictments for war crimes

[L. Coyote]

6. visibility kick