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Cheney Aide Addington to be Subpoenaed in Probe of Interrogation Practices | 12 comments (12 topical)

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What's sad and scary (none / 0) (#1)
by Danbury on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:17:20 AM EST
is that, whenever I read this sort of thing, I yawn and think, "Next!"

Yesterday I received an email from a friend that is a petition drive by John Kerry to get an investigation going into the Pentagon's propaganda program of sending out ex military brass to spout the admin's lies for them.  Again, I though, "Yeah, right." (Btw, did Kerry every follow through on that Swifties challenge over his Vietnam record?  Nope.).

I've not seen any teeth from Congress in actually doing something about this lawless, reckless, and destructive administration, only tough, but meaningless talk.

How unfortunate that both Congress and this admin. have bred so much cynicism!

It's because (none / 0) (#3)
by madamab on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:24:46 AM EST
on Day 1, Cheney and Rove went after the Justice Department. David Addington was one of the prime offenders. It was completely deliberate because the Terrible Twosome knew that what they wanted to do to America was completely illegal and that they would need a firewall to prevent them from suffering the consequences of their criminality.

These subpoenas have no teeth because the DOJ won't enforce them.

The situation is unheard of in modern times. To have an Executive that is completely unaccountable to either the Legislative or Judicial branches is a total nightmare.

The true remedy would be impeachment, but Pelosi & Co. won't do it. That is the great failure of the 110th Congress, IMHO, because they know very well that nothing can be changed without removing Bush and Cheney from office.

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I've felt all along... (5.00 / 2) (#5)
by Danbury on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:31:12 AM EST
that the first step in restoring this country's reputation is to remove Bush and Cheney from power, thereby showing the world that we acknowledge the error of our ways and mean business when we say we want to amend it.

Bush has done this country one huge service, though: he's shown us how quickly and easily this country can be destroyed from within.

I'm not convinced we've learned the lesson.

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Cheney Aide Addington to be Subpoenaed in Probe of Interrogation Practices | 12 comments (12 topical)

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