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- jon23, on 02/12/2009, -25/+77Senator Leahy's set up a petition at http://ga3.org/campaign/btcpetition?source=btc_hp
10,000 signatures and counting. - PhoneGuy, on 02/13/2009, -10/+61From a Canadian's perspective ...
You Americans need to step back and think about this for a minute, what is supposed to make the USA the greatest country in the world, is that ANYONE can be ANYTHING, because they have the freedom to do so. You also need to consider that what makes a democracy such a powerful government is that if the person or persons in charge break the law or act in a way that is against the public interest, they can and SHOULD be held accountable for it.
If previous administrations are allowed to break the rules and get away with it, then you will slowly lose your democracy.
I hope you hold the Bush administration accountable. - ScienceDoc, on 02/13/2009, -5/+30Was this posted on neoconasshats.org? Where did all the trolls come from?
- swrostmore, on 02/13/2009, -7/+29"In 1986, he leaked classified information about a covert U.S. operation to overthrow the government of Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi."
And he's a patriot for doing so, just like he's a patriot for opposing torture and supporting civil liberties...your point? - pintomp3, on 02/13/2009, -6/+25Looks like the 25% that still support Bush are all here.
- inactive, on 02/13/2009, -22/+39We have more important things to worry about at the moment. For example, a TRILLION dollar spending bill that needs a "urgent" vote today even though no one has even had a chance to READ it due to the fact it is over 1000 pages long and was just released late last night...
- kent1146, on 02/13/2009, -5/+22Wasn't the US Patriot Act written and passed in a similar manner? What could possibly go wrong?
- TheXboxReview, on 02/13/2009, -9/+23Ok, so he accepted money from a lobbyist? Big deal.
And he leaked plans to covertly overthrow a government... GOOD. You ever wonder why terrorists REALLY exist? It's because we do ***** like that to 3rd world countries. - treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -0/+14@Jose. No offense, but your assertion that Leahy did not lift a finger is inaccurate. Leahy has been laboring hard to have some truth exposed about the Bush administration.
January 3, 2007:
"Justice Dept. Rebuffs Leahy Request for Secret Docs
The Justice Department has declined to provide documents on the CIA's detention and interrogation of terror suspects that were requested by a Democratic Senator.
In a letter to incoming Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the Justice Department said it "was not in a position" to give him copies of the the two documents he had requested in November."
February 9, 2005
"Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called for the establishment of a “Truth Commission” to look into various unconstitutional actions by the Bush administration. As Leahy described the commission, “such a process could involve subpoena powers and even the authority to obtain immunity from prosecutions for anything accept perjury in order to get to the full truth.”" - defwheezer, on 02/13/2009, -1/+14"truth and reconciliation commission" = whitewash much like the 9/11 commission.
The latest gallop poll indicates that 41% of those polled want CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, and another 30% want at least an independent counsel investigation, not some BS 'truth commission'.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/114580/No-Mandate-Crimi ...
Amazingly (?), the title of this poll result is "No Mandate for Criminal Probes of Bush Administration"!? wtf?!?!?!? 71% of respondents want either criminal or independent counsel investigations and that's spun as "no mandate"?? We are being had again. - andyb747, on 02/13/2009, -10/+23holy ***** !... Bush and Cheney abused each other !?
- scooterbaga, on 02/13/2009, -0/+12That's the spirit!
- pintomp3, on 02/13/2009, -3/+14Yeah, justice is lame.
/sarcasm - newfrickinshow, on 02/13/2009, -22/+33Signed and sent to Oreilly@foxnews.com!
- treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -1/+11Right, because Clinton led us to war on false pretenses, held people in prison without a trial, tortured people, wiretapped Americans illegally and fired federal judges for not being loyal to his agenda. Give me a break.
- dreamtiger, on 02/13/2009, -5/+15Signed! 18,000+ and counting. I'd love to see Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the rest of the Neocon honchos hang side by side for Treason. After all, what else do you call it when they lied us into an unnecessary war, spied on the public, emptied the US Treasury into their pockets and left us to burn?
- StopTheLie, on 02/13/2009, -1/+11Like the "9/11 investigation," don't hold your breath for anyone to actually be held accountable for anything that "went wrong."
-This will be used, at best, as a steam valve. At worst, it will turn into an outright whitewash. -I could be wrong, but I wouldn't bet on it. - kemp34, on 02/13/2009, -7/+17Neo con stooges have infiltrated this page with ferocity. If serious crimes were committed, investigations, trials and punishments must commence.
- Ralphdraw3, on 02/13/2009, -0/+9Go back to worrying about A-Rod...
- naner, on 02/13/2009, -6/+15THAT'S OVER 9,000!!
Kidding - but I just signed - it's over 18,000 now. Keep it rolling! - awtripp, on 02/13/2009, -8/+17I like how you wrapped that up with a nice sensationalist piece. I mean, clearly, even if Leahy admitted his mistake and resigned 20+ years ago from that position he has no basis for anything he says.
If you're going to try and make a good point, leave the sensationalist ***** out of it.
If you want to go down that road Reagan was a traitor for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair. You seem to forget the people who were in charge while the US essentially armed the entirety of the Middle East. - TheXboxReview, on 02/13/2009, -6/+15...Leahy said later during the question and answer session. "We fought Revolution in this country so we could protest the actions of government. We should protect that."
I'm glad they are finally going to investigate the (many) Bush-Cheney crimes. Better late than never. - McNerd, on 02/13/2009, -1/+10stone2020: How about we agree not to put up with any more lies, from Democrats or Republicans.
Let's start by sending Obama a message that we didn't tolerate his predecessor's lies, so he should be careful himself. But how can we ever send such a message? - pushmouse, on 02/13/2009, -2/+10Why is it that people think we can only do one thing at a time?
- wreckosaurus, on 02/13/2009, -1/+9There's been a lot of rightwing trolls on digg lately. I don't know where they're coming from.
- Fun4Two, on 02/13/2009, -7/+15"We're not intimidated by your thugs"
- treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -0/+8@evilbob. What about *my* comment makes you think that I want a partisan division like this? This is neither a republican or democrat issue. At the heart of this issue is that I don't want a king and you don't want a king. Just because you *liked* what your king did doesn't make him less of a king.
You're wrong that this is the beginning of criminalizing political differences. It is about restoring our country to the nation of laws that it is meant to be. - kemp34, on 02/13/2009, -1/+9Yeah man, I cannot conjure up the mode of thinking of folks who think this is not a truly important fundamental matter.
- darkism, on 02/13/2009, -5/+13Dugg for justice!
- treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -1/+9If Obama scares you you should be all for investigating the Bush power grab. Doing so will limit President Obama's powers as well.
- pintomp3, on 02/13/2009, -3/+11Starting wars based on lies and torturing prisoners in violation of international law is not just a "political difference".
- TheMidnighter, on 02/13/2009, -4/+11Signed, and approved! *Stamp*
- vexingmodstwo, on 02/13/2009, -10/+17This is cute, Mumbles. But if you were paying attention on Monday, Obama pretty much told you this is going nowhere.
- pickleprince, on 02/13/2009, -1/+8"With all due respect, I could care less about the Canadian perspective."
That's the problem.
Oh, you're a self-centered ***** for saying that. - pintomp3, on 02/13/2009, -2/+9126 (61%) of 208 Democratic Representatives voted against the resolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Resolution#Passa ... - Godlike, on 02/13/2009, -1/+8I hope they drag down EVERY ***** politician. Every last one.
- goodinohio, on 02/13/2009, -2/+9If our constitution means anything 98% of the American government would go to jail.
- muffcakes, on 02/13/2009, -4/+11He's afraid of guys who wiretap and torture others. Can you blame him?
- randmcnally, on 02/13/2009, -4/+10From a Canadian's perspective ...
what were you even thinking re-electing that guy, I mean seriously, we were all up here drinking our Tim Hortons thinking: seriously? again?
you sort of got what was coming to you, at least the bigot half of your country. I just feel bad for the rest of you.
I also hope you hold the Bush administration accountable. - dancindrudge, on 02/13/2009, -6/+12signed, sent out to all email addresses, posted link on myspace, facebook, and twitter.
- Biscuitz, on 02/13/2009, -1/+7Signed!!!
- TheInformer, on 02/13/2009, -7/+13Might as well set up a petition for every member in Congress that voted in favor of those "abuses". Plenty of Democrats voted "yea" for them.
- insanebrain, on 02/13/2009, -9/+15submitted by PatrickLeahy
- treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -0/+6Investigating Bush and his claims to executive authority intrinsically limits Obama's executive authority. If Bush is able to get away with what he did, there is nothing to prevent Obama from doing the same. Get it?
- inactive, on 02/13/2009, -2/+8Bush<Economy. Obama does not want to take any backlash on this stuff and he knows that the economy is a priority. Another thing I find funny is the lack of articles asking for full investigations of Congress. There is a complete lack of transparency with what is occurring and that must be changed.
- treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -0/+6And you're not outraged? Obama's "looking forward" rhetoric should scare the crap out of you true believers in the Bush policies. What's to keep Obama from pulling the same stuff? Unchecked Presidential powers aren't going to do any of us any good in the long run.
- PhoneGuy, on 02/13/2009, -1/+6I was no implying that everyone in the US was oblivious to the problem, or that you all don't care.
Only that the vast majority do not get involved in politics because they believe that one or both of the following statements are true ...
1) My vote / opinion doesn't matter, so why bother.
or
2) What the politicians do doesn't affect me, so why should I care?
Like a beach, a country is the sum of all it's parts. If you remove enough indiviual grains of sand from a beach, it will cease to be a beach. So what I am saying, is that if enough people get involved, you can make a change. - yomamaphat, on 02/14/2009, -0/+5If those ***** don't get in trouble justice hasn't been served. Be disgusted with the system.
- inactive, on 02/13/2009, -0/+5Free republic and some other right wing moron sites are encouraging invasion....
Also a lot of rednecks are starting to realize they need to know how to operate a computer to make it in this millineum.... - treehugger87, on 02/13/2009, -2/+7*sigh*. Can we move past the partisan crap? Every liberal I know is *extremely* upset that Obama is continuing the Bush policies you mention. I personally see opening an investigation on Bush as placing limits on Obama's power as well, which is a *good* thing. Presidents are not supposed to have unchecked powers.
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