It's about time. Senator Boxer Calls for Hearings on the Use of Torture

Cleita

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:31 PM
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It's about time. Senator Boxer Calls for Hearings on the Use of Torture

In my email:

Dear Friend:

I recently wrote to Senator John Kerry (D-MA), the incoming Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asking for a hearing on the impact of the use of torture on America�s standing in the world and expressing my support for a proposal to establish an outside commission with subpoena power to investigate the authorization of torture at the highest levels of the Administration.

The text of my letter can be found by using this link.

Sincerely,

Barbara Boxer
United States Senator

http://boxer.senate.gov/news/outreach/2008/12/torture.cfm

Maybe there's hope yet for bringing the Bush administration of criminals and liars to justice. Let's hope that Senator Kerry responds to this request.

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EFerrari

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:42 PM
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1. I'm so disgusted with all of them.

Edited on Sat Dec-27-08 07:17 PM by sfexpat2000

Right up to this month, Dana Perino was still telling an audience at the Brookings Institute that we do not torture and that these interrogations are keeping us safe. No one challenged her, of course. :puke:

/oops

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sam sarrha

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:51 PM
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4. can she do that and take the 5th amendment on collusion to torture..

isn't that why they all say nothing.??

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EFerrari

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:58 PM
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5. They can do anything they want. Who is going to stop them? n/t

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SpiralHawk

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Sat Dec-27-08 07:13 PM
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10. Me, too

disgustipated - that they let the republicon torture freaks get away with it so long, and never even wagged a finger at this illegal, immoral, anti-Christian, and pointless brutality.

Republicons and their democrat enablers...ptoooey.

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Deb

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:43 PM
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2. Thanks for sharing! n/t

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pUNk Limited

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:48 PM
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3. cooly

cooly roony

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Contrary1

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Sat Dec-27-08 06:59 PM
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6. Traditional crust or extra thin? n/t

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Systematic Chaos

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Sat Dec-27-08 07:00 PM
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7. "cooly roony" - the mark of an IQ truly found wanting.

:rofl:

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Contrary1

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Sat Dec-27-08 07:06 PM
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8. His 2nd most favoritest word in the world is evidently "wat". Seriesly. n/t

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xiamiam

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Sat Dec-27-08 07:07 PM
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9. media enablers should also be included in this investigation...debating torture on national tv

Edited on Sat Dec-27-08 07:08 PM by xiamiam

and those who participated in trying to justify should also be required to attend and explain their complicit behavior...including the pundits and enablers...

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truedelphi

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Sat Dec-27-08 07:30 PM
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11. Thank you for posting this.

Those in Congress agreed to it, so I doubt that this will come to anything.

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Golden Raisin

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Sat Dec-27-08 10:20 PM
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12. If they are like the Congressional hearings

we saw during the last 8 years they will accomplish exactly nothing except a lot of finger-wagging, self-righteous tsk-tsk-tsk-ing and mild moral outrage with absolutely NO real-world, real-time consequences, no actual punishment, nor any lasting effect. I think sneering, arrogant Condi and Rove STILL haven't bothered to even respond to some of the Congressional subpoenas they received. Hopefully, under Obama, we might actually begin to see some concrete action and tangible results coming out of Congressional hearings, but frankly I doubt it.

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Solly Mack

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Sun Dec-28-08 12:57 PM
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13. "hearing on the impact of the use of torture on America�s standing in the world"

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