Comments on: Condoleezza Rice on NPR: U.S. Does Not Torture

By: Johnny Canuck

Johnny Canuck — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:42:36 +0000

Condoleeza Rice, under Canadian law, is a “credibly suspected” unindicted war criminal. As such her scheduled appearance at the University of Calgary on May 13, 2009 is illegal. By law, Canada is compelled to either bar war criminal suspects from entry or prosecute them. Because the government is led by neocon puppet collaborators of the US, this hasn’t happened. Recently George Bush himself visited Calgary on March 17. Not only was he admitted despite attempted legal interventions to prevent it, but a citizen who attempted to arrest Bush, was himself charged. Furthermore, anti-war activist and British MP George Galloway was refused entry to Canada on the basis of being a “terrorist sympathizer” for his recent humanitarian support. There is a real battle up here to push this neocon, US puppet act of our government back. Please support in any way you can and spread the word.
JC

By: Meridian

Meridian — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:17:04 +0000

No one has picked up on the weasel words that John Yoo, a despicable but clever lawyer, placed in his opinion:

The key sentence reads: “In that case, we believe that he could argue that the executive branch’s constitutional authority to protect the nation from attack justified his actions.”

Note that Yoo writes “we believe THAT HE COULD ARGUE….” What Yoo does not write is “we believe that the executive branch’s constitutional authority to protect the national from attack justified his actions.”

Lawyers choose their words carefully. Yoo’s insertion of the phrase “he could argue” was intended to prevent him from having to explicitly render an opinion on the legality of “brutal” interrogations. Instead, he suggests the matter is “arguable,” as is almost anything.

By: me

me — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:57:29 +0000

A Bushie lies again. Move along now – there’s no news here.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:16:02 +0000

I listened to that interview, and was quite angry when I heard Secretary Rice say that the United States never tortured anyone. My thought was, “why are you letting her lie like that?”

But the interview was partisan, in that no-one would ever expect a Bush crony to say anything else until after they have left the Bush administration. If NPR did not want her to lie, they should not have asked the question.

By: Rumsfeld Responsible for Torture, Report Says - PoliticalGroove Forums

Rumsfeld Responsible for Torture, Report Says - PoliticalGroove Forums — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:28:49 +0000

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