Cheney Feared Being Prosecuted For Torture

[kpete]

Cheney’s argument for not releasing innocent detainees: ‘They’ll all get lawyers.’

By the end of 2005, those defending the regime of torture were no longer seeking primarily to protect the search for valuable intelligence. They were fighting for its survival, in the face of considerable evidence of the failure of SERE and other programs, because they feared being prosecuted should the program be halted and exposed. Even releasing detainees whom they knew to be entirely innocent was dangerous, since once released they could talk. “People will ask where they’ve been and ‘What have you been doing with them?’” Cheney said in a White House meeting. “They’ll all get lawyers.”

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Brinkley-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=review&oref=slogin
via:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/cheneys-argument-for-not-releasing-innocent-detainees-they%e2%80%99ll-all-get-lawyers/

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Feared? Past tense? He's no longer fearful of being prosecuted? n/t

[MadMaddie]

6. Maybe he is not afraid of the American Judicial System....but

he better be afraid of the Hague.....one day he will slip up...

[ColbertWatcher]

7. We can only hope our judicial system changes once the GOP are out of the WH. n/t

[Occulus]

19. God DAMN these motherfuckers make me FUCKING SICK

*I* get evicted over a drug raid that didn't find squat, my roommate loses his housing and any chance to legitimately live anywhere else, and THIS evil shitstain skates after knowingly supporting a program to torture people?

We. Need. Another. Revolution.

[bdamomma]

2. I hope to see the day when cheney gets his just dues.

[spindrifter]

3. I thought the guy laughed in the face of fear--

guess I was mistaken.

[Lint Head]

4. Cheney is getting old and knows the end is near for him.

Humanity will not have to put up with this lying asshole much longer. :dem:

[rateyes]

5. Cheney is a piece of shit. And, Congress isn't much better. nt

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

8. Hey, DICK!!!! You may very well be prosecuted for MURDER after you leave 'power'.

As you SHOULD BE,...you stone-hearted barbarian!!!

Don't worry, though. I don't want you merely behind bars (and I certainly want you ALIVE to WATCH), I want a restitution judgment that destroys your entire estate. Then, you will WANT to be dead,...you greedy muther!!!!

[samsingh]

18. well said

[wurzel]

9. The "Law and Order" party?

[CrazyDude]

10. I don't think this is a fear of being prosecuted as much as it is a fear of civil liability n/t

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

12. DING DING DING DING!!!!

YOU GOT IT BROTHER!!!!

[Fuzz]

11. Well, that's the problem with not following the law to begin with.

People have been telling you this for quite some time, Dick!

[Canuckistanian]

13. Don't dismiss your lawyer yet, Dick

You know, the one you used to get the acquittal in the Energy Taskforce case.

Your mouthpiece will be handy the second after Barack is sworn in.

[hootinholler]

20. Shoudln't that be Son't shoot yer lawyer yet?

:shrug:

-Hoot

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. He who brings in the lawyers last, laughs the loudest?

[lala_rawraw]

15. feared? he should still be frightened

and in prison

[bleever]

21. More than ever.

:thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

16. good he should be IMO

[Ghost in the Machine]

17. Bush & Cheney BOTH should be hung, for treason, on the front lawn of the White House

Leave their rotted corpses swinging, until they fall on their own, as a reminder to the next elected official who thinks he/she is above the law...

Fuck these douchebags.... and fuck you, too, Agent Mike... your day is drawing nigh, too...