[Sosfbay-discuss] NYT Editorial Calls for Impeachment of Judge Bybee

[Brian Good]

     Bybee was John Yoo's boss.

    The editorial, entitled "The Torturers’ Manifesto" calls the four recently-released
memos "a journey into depravity.... like the plot of a mob film.... [A]s far as Mr. Bush’s 
lawyers were concerned, it was not really torture
unless it involved breaking bones, 
burning flesh or pulling teeth." 


    
    It says that until we get to the bottom of Bush lawlessness--not just torture,
but the wiretaps too, "there is no hope of fixing a profoundly broken system of 
justice
and ensuring that that these acts are never repeated."

   It says investigations should start with Yoo, Bybee, and Steven Bradbury. 

    "Mr. Bybee is unfit for a job that
requires legal judgment and a respect for the 
Constitution. Congress
should impeach him. And if the administration will not conduct 
a
thorough investigation of these issues, then Congress has a
constitutional duty to 
hold the executive branch accountable. If that
means putting Donald Rumsfeld and 
Alberto Gonzales on the stand, even
Dick Cheney, we are sure Americans can handle 
it.   

    "After eight years without transparency or accountability, Mr.
Obama promised 
the American people both. His decision to release
these memos was another sign of 
his commitment to transparency. We
are waiting to see an equal commitment to 
accountability."     

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19sun1.html?_r=1

    While I celebrate the Times's outrage, it's a bit late in coming.  It reminds me of 
Captain Renault's line "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"  
For too many years it seemed that the only ones willing to take a stand were the ACLU, 
Amnesty Int'l, and the Communists.  The news media have a lot to be accountable for, 
too.  Heads need to roll.

   ACLU released this shocking table in 2005!  Where was the Times then?

http://action.aclu.org/torturefoia/released/102405/



   
















 

 

 



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