by bartleby the scrivener | Attorney General Eric Holder is prepared to "run counter" to Obama's forward lookingness by appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's use of torture. (WaPo)
Holder's decision could come within weeks, around the same time the
Justice Department releases an ethics report about Bush lawyers who
drafted memos supporting harsh interrogation practices, the sources
said. The legal documents spell out in sometimes painstaking detail how
interrogators were allowed to subject detainees to simulated drowning,
sleep deprivation, wall slamming and confinement in small, dark spaces....
The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the
ongoing process, said Holder has been open to naming a prosecutor to
investigate the allegations since he took office in February. The
sources said the inspector general report has advanced his thinking in
the direction of doing so....
Holder has secured support for the idea from at least some key players, one of the sources said. If he does name a prosecutor to conduct an investigation, he will probably select a career prosecutor from inside the Justice Department rather than a lawyer from outside, the sources said. (More)
Holder has secured support for the idea from at least some key players, one of the sources said. If he does name a prosecutor to conduct an investigation, he will probably select a career prosecutor from inside the Justice Department rather than a lawyer from outside, the sources said. (More)
RECENT BUCK NAKED POLITICS POSTINGS
- IG's Report Spotlights Bush's (Likely Illegal) Warrantless Wiretapping Program
- Sen. Ensign's Family So Very Generously Paid $96,000 to Senator's Mistress
- Krugman Told Us So -- Too Small Stimulus Package Proving Inadequate to Turn Economy Around
- Robert McNamara
- Get Your Pitchforks Ready: Corporate Welfare Recipient Economy-Buster AIG Wants Federal "Compensation Czar" Kenneth Feinberg to Give His Blessing to Another Round of Giant Executive Bonuses
- Headline Round-up
- Vanity Fair on AIG's Collapse
- Whatever Happened to Those Banks' Toxic Assets?
- Are Some Elite GOP Members "Rooting Against" America?
- Congratulations Senator-elect Franken (and How the GOP Lost so Much Credibility)
Comments