In a newly-released video, members of al-Qaeda say the five-year torture of innocent Bush Administration lawyers "proves America is the Great Satan."
The al-Qaeda members refer to a final report by a Justice Department career official who reviewed the Bush Administration lawyers' memoranda concluding that enhanced interrogation techniques used against al-Qaeda members were legal. Following a five-year investigation, the career official concluded the Bush lawyers did not violate any standards of professional conduct, contradicting the conclusions of an earlier Justice Department report the official criticized as shifting its rationales in results-oriented ways, ignoring proper procedure, and twisting legal standards.
Osama bin Laden appears in the video, saying "First the accusers said the Bush lawyers violated the federal anti-torture statute. Then they said the lawyers should be disciplined by their state bar associations. Now it turns out the lawyers didn't commit any professional misconduct or violate any Justice Department policies. The drip, drip, drip of the threats these investigations posed to innocent lawyers over five years were spearheaded by proteges of Attorney General Eric Holder and leaked to the press in vile attempts to smear the lawyers' reputations. Those grave injustices represent the evil that is the American system of politicized prosecution."
Associated article: Wall Street Journal
Monday, February 22, 2010
Blog Archive
-
▼
2010
(305)
-
▼
February
(30)
- Democrats Overwhelmingly Renew PATRIOT Act with No...
- Obama Seeks to Insure the Unsure Along with the Un...
- Desperate to Advance His Agenda, Obama Adds Bacon ...
- Dust Mites, Obama TV Appearances Top List of Most ...
- Scientists Abandon Effort to Find a Grand Unified ...
- House Honors First Black President by Passing Legi...
- Historians Discover Lost Letter from James Madison...
- Obama Unveils His Future Vision of Better Health I...
- Al-Qaeda Says Five-Year Torture of Innocent Bush A...
- Administration Announces 5-Year Speech Production ...
- Apologies We'd Like to See
- Obama Creates Commission to Study Nation's Budget ...
- John Brennan Dramatic Look
- Green-Friendly Rescue Subs Called in As Green-Frie...
- Joe's Plumbing Service Finds Loads of Unpleasantne...
- Captain America vs. Cap and Trade (click on image ...
- Corrections Page
- ObamaTV: Deficits Graph
- Don Quixote To Head Obama Green Jobs Program After...
- Obama Audio-Animatronics Robot Meets with Republic...
- Sham Theory Commercial
- Kids Time -- Ernie Teaches Cookie Monster About Ho...
- Al-Qaeda Leaders Charge Obama Critics with "Servin...
- It's Not Easy Being Green
- Reactions to Passage of Record-High Federal Debt L...
- Terrorist Interrogations Handed Over to Oprah Winfrey
- Obama Says “You Don’t Blow a Bunch of Cash in Vega...
- C-Span Video: Record-Breaking Federal Budget Arriv...
- T-Shirt Design -- Che Viva Cluelessness
- Obama Economic Advisers Found in Jungle Cave Think...
-
▼
February
(30)