Since I last blogged here about establishing a truth commission, my proposal has picked up considerable attention and support.
The release of new Bush-Cheney era torture memos by the Justice Department reveal just how far the past administration strayed from the law and our fundamental principles. But in spite of all the recent news, some in Washington still need to be sold on the idea of creating a truth commission to investigate Bush-Cheney administration abuses.
There is a renewed public call for accountability at BushTruthCommission.com, and many congressional leaders -- like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chris Dodd -- have now thrown their support behind our proposed truth commission, too.
But we still have skeptics, and we need to win them over. Please sign my petition at BushTruthCommission.com so we can keep building momentum behind the establishment of a truth commission.
I remain convinced that an independent truth commission is the surest way to conduct a thorough investigation of all that went wrong over the past eight years, so that we can get to the full truth and hold lawbreakers accountable. It is now clear that reports of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay were not just the misdeeds of a "few bad apples," but were in fact authorized by officials high up within the Bush-Cheney Administration.
We must uncover who authorized the use of waterboarding and other illegal "enhanced interrogation techniques" against detainees -- the same kinds of techniques we prosecuted when used by our enemies during World War II. Only then can we hold them to account and ensure we do not repeat the same mistakes in the future.
Thank you for supporting this important effort.
A South African-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a good idea.
Its implementation. like the GAO study you requested,
http://citizenoversight.com/pdf/blwb.pdf
will require follow-up and considerable efforts.
In view of the years having passed since the GAO study was contemplated,
what can we say about the state of follow-up by your team?
I would hope you abandon this so called "truth commission". on torture.
If you think you still represent any of the American Pople, find out how this Wall Street Fraud/Crash happened . Prosecute the CEOs and Loan officers who defrauded their customers. Expose your fellow congressmen who have been bought and paid for by the Banksters.
That is IF you still believe you represent the American People.
If you are getting this kind of responce from what is usually considerd a "Liberal" site. How do you think the Conservatives will respond to " Truth Hearings".
I don't think many folks believe in the government any more. Sorry If I come across as an angry voice.
I need to get this said before your Banksterbosses tell ya'll to make a law restricting "Wrongspeech".
If anyone believes he or she has been wronged in or by the United Stated of Wall Street , they should take their complaint to the US Attorney, or the ACLU who can assist them. The case can be investigated and filed like any other offense.
I say, we need this investigated to the max. We need to let young people who are inspiring for public service that crimes against the country, the constitution are punishable and they are not above the law.
As a fellow long time Democrat, I regret to tell you that I and a lot of other commoners no longer believe that anything in DC ever! has anything to do with TRUTH. Or for that matter JUSTICE.
Why are you bringing the Issue of the Bush administration and Torture to us? We have no say in the matter. Simply go and ask the Banking Overlords that run this country.
You are still talking as though this is a Republic/Democracy instead of facing the hard truth. We live in an OLIGARCHY.
What we need is a special prosecutor. End of story.
" Under the rules governing federal criminal investigations, he was permitted to disclose only information and evidence that was directly related and needed for the indictment and prosecution of Libby. Everything else he had unearthed via subpoenas and grand jury interviews had to remain secret. Repeatedly, Fitzgerald said that his hands were tied on this point. A special prosecutor, it turns out, is a rather imperfect vehicle for revealing the full truth."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/27/david-corn-special-prosec_n_191741.html