Special Prosecutor

Page: 1

Yoo's Bad Lawyering, Not Investigations, Threatens CIA

Frank Naif | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Special Prosecutor, Torture Investigation, Cia, CIA Torture, Philadelphia Inquirer, John Yoo, John Durham, Eric Holder, Politics News

Instead of using his op-ed soapbox to defend his own indefensible legal justifications of an immoral torture program, maybe Yoo should offer to take the investigative heat for the brave CIA men and women.

Read Post

Fleischer: Torture Investigation "Disgusting;" Nadler: It's Too Limited

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prosecutor Fleischer, Jerry Nadler, Nadler Torture Investigation, Ari Fleischer, Eric Holder, Fleischer Torture Investigation, Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Politics News

Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to launch a limited investigation of Bush-era interrogations of terror suspects has sparked intense criticism ...

Read Whole Story

Bush National Security Leaders Silent While Junior Spies Could Face Torture Charges

Frank Naif | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nadler Torture, Special Prosecutor, Torture Investigation, Jerrold Nadler, CIA Torture, John Yoo, Obama National Security, Eric Holder, Torture, George Bush, Politics News

From the prosecution and investigatory perspective, torture prosecutions appear fraught from the beginning.

Read Post

Torture, Wiretaps, Lies to Congress: Old Spy Cronies a Drag on Obama's "Look to the Future"

Frank Naif | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Dni, Special Prosecutor, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Assassination, Leon Panetta, Accountability, Marcy Wheeler, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News

Over the past week, a triple-whammy of developing national security stories reminded Americans and the Obama administration that the past is a stubborn thing.

Read Post

Obama: Focus on the Future: Create Jobs Not Special Prosecutors

Robert Guttman | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: CIA Interrogations, Special Prosecutor, Unemployment, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Politics News

Forget a special prosecutor to look into Bush interrogation practices. Don't look like a third world nation and attempt to prosecute the previous administration.

Read Post

Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Condi Rice, Msnbc, Harpers, Television Torture, Philip Zelikow, Truth Commission, CIA Torture, 9/11 Commission, Jack Balkin, John Yoo, Sheldon Whitehouse, Moveon Special Prosecutor, John Conyers, Russ Feingold, Cenk Uyger, Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Jay Bybee, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Horton, Waterboarding, Pat Leahy, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Torture, Youtube Politics, Youtube Media, Media News

Rice's recent incident shows the prospects for what we might call a substantive Macaca Moment -- using YouTube and citizen media to scrutinize our leaders on the issues, not gaffes.

Read Post

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

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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.

Read Post

Sandra Day O'Connor Should Lead Torture Investigation

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Torture Investigation, Sandra Day O'Connor, Independent Prosecutor, Torture, Special Prosecutor, Truth Commission, Politics News

If the evidence in this case eventually passes the O'Connor barrier, then the American people can be confident that this issue was not politicized but given the judicial scrutiny it deserves.

Read Post

David Corn: Special Prosecutor's Job Is Not To Expose Wrongdoing

Mother Jones | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Corn, Bush Administration Torture, Patrick Fitzgerald, Special Prosecutor, Torture Prosecution, Truth Commission, Guantanamo Torture, CIA Torture, Moveon Special Prosecutor, Torture Memos, Bush Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

The other day I ran into a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, and this person noted that he fancied the idea of appointing a special p...

Read Whole Story

US Must Prosecute Bush Torture Memo Lawyers: UN Torture Envoy

AP | VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Torture, CIA Torture, Bush Administration Torture, Torture Memos, Un Torture Envoy, Manfred Nowak, Special Prosecutor, Bush Prosecutions, World News

VIENNA — The U.S. is obligated by a United Nations convention to prosecute Bush administration lawyers who allegedly drafted policies that appro...

Read Whole Story

Change.Gov's First Big Failure

Ari Melber | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Obama, Special Prosecutor, War Crimes, Obama Justice Department, Barack Obama, Obama Internet, Politics News

It is striking that Obama's aides, who helped win the election by harnessing new media, believed they could just spin away from their online interlocutors. The move backfired immediately.

Read Post

Obama Prompted To Prosecute Bush

New York Times | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Special Prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, George W. Bush, Obama, Abu Ghraib Abuse, Abu Ghraib, Politics News

With few exceptions the transition period has been a model of presidential goodwill and cooperation. Apparently, the curious users who have been submi...

Read Whole Story

Could Gitmo Get Worse? The Policy Implications of Executive Accountability

Shahid Buttar | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Rule of Law, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Treason, Surveillance, Obama Transition, Dick Cheney, Torture, Special Prosecutor, Congress, Accountability, Eric Holder, Military Commissions, 9/11, Paul Wellstone, 9-11, Politics News

If we can't attain a national consensus against surveillance trampling the rights of every American, what hope exists of a progressive consensus emerging on torture or detention?

Read Post

Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor

Ari Melber | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Blogosphere, Nsa Surveillance, Ari Melber, Robert Gibbs, Blagojevich, Gov. Blagojevich, Glenn Greenwald, Eric Holder, Brendan Smith, Surveillance, Obama, Spying, Jesse Lee, Fitzgerald, change.gov, Will Bunch, Bob Fertik, Rod Blagojevich, Macon Philips, Obama Transition Team, Scott Horton, Jonathan Turley, Rachel Maddow, Jeremy Brecher, Fisa, Torture, Special Prosecutor, Obama Transition, Politics News

The Obama transition team is taking questions again at Change.gov -- while the press has fixated on the Blagojevich scandal, the allegations of torture by officials in the current administration receive scant attention.

Read Post

Obama Camp Seeks Special Prosecutor For Acorn Inquiries

New York Times | Michael Falcone | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Special Prosecutor, Acorn, Barack Obama, Special Prosecutor, Politics News

Seeking to portray law enforcement investigations into reports of fraudulent voter registrations in several states as an extension of the controversia...

Read Whole Story

Friday Talking Points [50] -- Can I Call You Joe?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Debate, Troops, Gwen Ifill, Impeachment, Ifill, Cheney, Middle Class, Maverick, Iraq, Obama, Mccain, Biden Palin Debate, Campaign, Withdrawal, Sarah Palin, Bush, Deregulator, Vice Presidential Debate, Bush Doctrine, 2008, Midotw, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Global Warming, Taxes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, McCain Doesn't Get It, War, Timeline, 2008 Elections, Congress, Joe Biden, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Democrats, 2008 Election, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Choked Up, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, Tax, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Deregulation, Vice Presidential, Debates, Independent Prosecutor, Spain, Special Prosecutor, 110th Congress, Politics News

I refuse to get too wrapped up in the question of who "won" the debate. In general, unless one candidate obviously self-destructs, this question is answered subjectively and personally. That's not to say I didn't think Biden did better. I did.

Read Post