Will torture probe target Bush officials? Top Dem says ’stand by’

kpete

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Will torture probe target Bush officials? Top Dem says ’stand by’

Source: Raw Story

Will torture probe target Bush officials? Top Dem says ’stand by’

By David Edwards and Stephen Webster

Published: June 12, 2009
Updated 1 hour ago

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on MSNBC that while the Senate has indeed been examining finer details of CIA torture authorized by the Bush administration, “chain of command” issues are still to come.

“So, I guess, stand by,” he told Rachel Maddow on Thursday night.

“We know a comprehensive look at what happened to those high-value detainees,” said Maddow. “Does it only look at what the CIA did, or will it look at the chain of command? Whether or not instruction came from the White House, the Office of the Vice President <...> ?”

“We’re not at the stage yet in the investigation, where those chain of command issues are yet raised,” he said. “I hope, very much, that it will . I believe implicates chain of command issues and I think that that’s a critical question.”

Read more: http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/12/whitehouse-torture-investigation/

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blueclown

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:24 PM
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1. Stand by is just another way of saying "off the table"... n/t

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dgibby

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:29 PM
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2. Not with Sen. Whitehouse. He's like a junkyard dog on this.

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Larkspur

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:34 PM
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3. Whitehouse is not like Pelosi is with impeachment

I trust that Sen. Whitehouse will do a thorough job investigating torture and he won't hesitate to go up the chain, assuming the evidence leads him there. He's got the mind of a detective/prosecutor.

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bdamomma

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:51 PM
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5. Senator Whitehouse is onto something and he will not let go.

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SpiralHawk

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:47 PM
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4. "You Americans will never get me - Smirk" - xCommander AWOL (R-Homelander)

Edited on Fri Jun-12-09 01:48 PM by SpiralHawk

"We republicon homelanders don't do honor, truth, or responsibility - Smirk"

- xCommander AWOL (R - Homelander)

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gratuitous

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:55 PM
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6. We've been standing by for a while, Senator

I'm willing to wait until hell freezes over, but I will say now, that if after much labor and strain you succeed in bringing forth only a gnat, the electorate will not take this kindly. Our international reputation has been incalculably harmed, the people of our country have faced mortal peril from the justifiable anger of our victims, and we'd better get this right.

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depakid

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Fri Jun-12-09 01:58 PM
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7. Better be prepared to take what we can get, since it's become clear that the Justice Department

Edited on Fri Jun-12-09 01:58 PM by depakid

has little interest in justice- in both this and many other matters.

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Blandocyte

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Fri Jun-12-09 02:14 PM
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8. Stand By or Stand Down?

Hmmmm?

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DebbieCDC

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Fri Jun-12-09 03:26 PM
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9. Wake me up with something actually happens on this

I'm as sick of the Dems and their BS on this as I am of the pukes.

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