Patrick Leahy

President Obama's "Spock" Rationale On Iraq War Investigation Untenable

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

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Gail Vida Hamburg

The President's refusal to investigate the Bush administration's policies and actions relating to the Iraq War is the embodiment of Vulcan logic -- free from messy human emotions and moral obligation.

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Ryan Grim

Leahy Rips GOP For Blocking Sotomayor -- In 1998 (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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The conservative effort to keep Sonia Sotomayor off the U.S. Supreme Court is more than a decade old. Sen. Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the Jud...

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Democrites: Nancy Pelosi and Torture

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

There is not a day that you wake up, turn on the news and don't hear about the Democrats backtracking, engaging in hypocrisy and appeasing the Republicans, Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh.

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Leahy To Return Citigroup Donation

AP | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., will return a $1,000 campaign donation from Citigroup, the banking giant that has received $45 bill...

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Video: Why we need a Truth Commission

Sen. Patrick Leahy | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Patrick Leahy

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.

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Leahy Surprised By Specter Demotion

Legal Times | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

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Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., says he did not know until late Tuesday about a move to strip Senator Arlen Specter, D-Pa., of his seniority. "I just...

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Patrick Leahy Pens Op-Ed: Why We Need Truth Commission

The Boston Globe | Patrick Leahy | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

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THE OBAMA administration's decision to release more Bush-era memoranda, which sought to rationalize torture, shows that President Obama is following t...

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Sam Stein

Grassley, Kyl, Sessions Could Take Specter's Powerful Judiciary Committee Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

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One of the key, as yet undetermined factors in whether Barack Obama will get his Supreme Court pick seated is which Republican will take over as ranki...

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Ryan Grim

Leahy Calls On Bybee To Testify On Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Jay Bybee finds it "frustrating" that he hasn't been able to speak publicly about his role in authorizing torture when he was a top lawyer in the Bush...

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What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

As some liberals make the case against a Special Prosecutor, the lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memos push back and explain why prosecutions are the only response.

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Sam Stein

Lawmakers: Congress Will Investigate Torture, Bipartisan Support In Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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The central debate dominating discussions of a possible investigation into torture by the Bush administration seems to have shifted sharply in the pas...

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Ryan Grim

Leahy: If Bybee Is "Decent And Honorable" He'll Resign

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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On Monday, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), rejected calls for the impeachment of federal judge and torture memo author Jay Bybee, saying that he was "one o...

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Leahy: Commission Into Bush-Era Torture "Not Going To Happen"

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday, the website Consortium News published an article by Charlotte Dennett pouring some cold water on the hope many liberals have that Congress ...

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Ryan Grim

Dems Fear AIG Greed Could Imperil Global Recovery Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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In hoping to prevent a global economic collapse, Congress and the president have had to walk a fine line. On one side is bubbling populist rage at fai...

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Truth or Reconciliation?

Russ Baker | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

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Russ Baker

Official investigations of the Bush administration are on the way. Politicians will appear heroic. The media will get a hot story they won't have to do a bit of digging for. And the rest of us?

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The Bush Lawbreakers Should be Criminally Prosecuted -- Commissions Don't Do It

Martin Garbus | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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Martin Garbus

We should go ahead with criminal prosecutions. It is the only way, through grand juries, subpoenas and trials, to get the facts and help America clean up some of its recent past.

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Probe the Past To Protect the Future

Andrew Kreig | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Kreig

Congress is taking well-publicized steps for increased oversight. Yet vigorous public pressure is required to ensure that their "investigations" are not merely for show.

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Republicans Make Case For Prosecuting Bush Officials

The Washington Independent | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

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The Senate Judiciary Committee's "Getting to the Truth Through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry" convened this morning to consider Sen. Patrick Lea...

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Sam Stein

Leahy Takes Bush Truth Commission To Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to discuss the possible outlines of a truth and reconciliation commissio...

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Leahy Lays Out Case For Truth Commission In Time

Time | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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More than 30 years ago, a special Senate investigation peered into abuses that included spying on the American people by their own government. The fi...

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Gonzales: I'll Cooperate With 'Truth Commission' Probe

Washington Independent | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared at a forum on Republicans and the Hispanic vote at the Capitol Hill Club this morning, getting a sta...

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Rove's Lawyer: He Won't Take The Fifth If He Testifies

Raw Story | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

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Representatives of the Bush White House are no longer advising former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove that he is protected by executive pr...

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A Truth Commission to Investigate Bush-Cheney Administration Abuses

Sen. Patrick Leahy | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Patrick Leahy

The Huffington Post community has played a vital role pursuing, demanding, and exposing the Bush-Cheney administration's numerous abuses. But there's still more we don't know, and more we must uncover.

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Truth and Healing

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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Robert Koehler

By using the term "Truth Commission," Senator Leahy has defined the seriousness of the crimes of the past eight years and linked his proposal to an international movement to examine out-of-control governmental power.

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Sam Stein

Leahy Knocks Cheney: "I Don't Need Any Lectures From Him"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

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Senator Patrick Leahy and Dick Cheney have a legendarily icy relationship, one that crested with the former Vice President telling the Judiciary Commi...

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