Legal Commentary

Rahmbo: No Torture Prosecutions Of Any Kind

By Big Tent Democrat

Rahmbo talks:

STEPHANOPOLOUS: The President has ruled out prosecutions of CIA officials who believed they were following the law. Does he believe the officials who devised the policies should be immune from prosecution? . . . [W]hat about those who devised the policies?

EMANUEL: [President Obama] believes that they . . . should not be prosecuted either. And it's not the place that we go -- as he said in that letter, and I really recommend that people look at that full statement. Not the letter, the statement. In that second paragraph: This is not a time for retribution. It's a time for reflection. It is not a time to use our energy and our time in looking back, and in a sense of anger and retribution. . . .

Um, is it ok if we talk about it President Obama? Personally, as I have written before, I can accept this policy IF the President supports a full investigation via a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (even Fred Hiatt supports this idea.) That seems to not be in the cards.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).