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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:51 PM
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Sen. Lieberman is disappointed in AG Holder's decision to name a prosecutor to investigate CIA
Edited on Mon Aug-24-09 03:52 PM by sabra

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/24/2044018.aspx

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today expressed his strong disappointment in the U.S. Attorney General's decision to name a prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogations:

I respectfully regret this decision by Attorney General Holder and fear our country will come to regret it too because an open ended criminal investigation of past CIA activity, which has already been condemned and prohibited, will have a chilling effect on the men and women agents of our intelligence community whose uninhibited bravery and skill we depend on every day to protect our homeland from the next terrorist attack. Career prosecutors in the Department of Justice have previously reviewed allegations of abuse and concluded that prosecution was not warranted, with the exception of one CIA contractor who has already been convicted. President Obama has established clear guidelines to ensure that past abuses are not repeated and has stated his desire to look forward rather than backward.

We cannot take for granted the fact that our homeland has not been attacked since September 11, 2001. That has occurred only because of the constant vigilance and unflinching efforts by those brave individuals in our military, civilian homeland security and counterterrorism agencies, and the intelligence community. These public servants must of course live within the law but they must also be free to do their dangerous and critical jobs without worrying that years from now a future Attorney General will authorize a criminal investigation of them for behavior that a previous Attorney General concluded was authorized and legal.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:52 PM
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1. me to Joe: learn to live with disappointment
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:57 PM
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21. after putting up with Palin all this time, I have to say that Holy Joe
is the biggest dick that ever breathed air. Damn it, Connecticut! DO SOMETHING!
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:53 PM
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2. The jester reading his lines
to be expected...
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:53 PM
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3. What an ass. nt
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:54 PM
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4. You reap what you sow, Joe...
You of all people should learn to deal with Karmic retribution... I have a feeling it will end up biting you in the ass too.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:54 PM
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5. Cheer up Joe
At least they arent investigating AIPAC this time.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:57 PM
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6. Tell Lieberman
to STFU
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:57 PM
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7. Joe Lieberman's face = fist magnet
Cheney and Rummy had people beaten, raped, tortured, and killed so as to make a case for the war in Iraq ....
We can not just put that behind us if we are a country of laws and not of men.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:02 PM
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9. Careful Botany,
Liebermann will have you arrested for threatening an elected official.

You're forgetting there is a double standard and it's not like you're a wingnut who is "merely" excercising his rights by parading around outside an Obama appearance with his gun.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 06:58 PM
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23. When I think of all the real dems who knocked on doors, made phone calls,
..... and gave money to him either through direct fund drives, the Gore run in 2000, or the DSCC
I get so mad.

The man fucking went out and campaigned for McCain, his wife is getting millions from the health care
industry, and his help in getting the Iraq war started .... he is a complete kak.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:30 PM
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25. I agree completely.
n/t
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:02 PM
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8. Hey, Joe, how did you feel about Nuremberg?
Should we not have had Nuremberg because it might have had a chilling effect on the post-war German government?

Dumbass, we WANT a chilling effect on those assholes who think that torturing people is a good idea......because next time, Joe, they may not just confine themselves to brown Muslim people...
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:03 PM
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10. boo friggen hoo.. I wonder what he & Lindsay witnessed when
they were traipsing about over there.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:04 PM
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11. I am disappointed that he is still my Senator.
Edited on Mon Aug-24-09 04:04 PM by Jennicut
Sometimes we have to learn to deal with things, Loserman.
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williesgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:04 PM
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12. I'm sure he preferred Speedy Gonzales and Ashcroft's way of upholding our laws. Fuck him and
why not just help him move to Israel where he'd fit right in.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:07 PM
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13. Next step would be for Holder to investigate Lieberman. Wouldn't that be fun?
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:07 PM
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14. All those years
of defending Lieberman wasted around here. Trotting out his record, showing what a good "liberal" he was, save whatever idiotic thing he was doing at the moment, with dark hints that anti-semitism was the root of Lieberman's unpopularity. Most of us knew he was an oily Republican-butt-sucking obstructionist from way back. He hasn't changed, only the environment around him.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:08 PM
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15. Joe shoudl that read WORRIED?
Serious.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:15 PM
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16. and I am disappointed in this man who purports to be a senator
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:17 PM
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17. When are we targeting Lieberman and getting him out of Congress?????
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:17 PM
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18.  will have a chilling effect on the men and women agents of our intelligence community
That's the fucking point... We want it to have a very chilling effect so they fucking won't do it again..
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:20 PM
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19. Is his jowls drooping today more than usual?
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 04:22 PM
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20. gee, Joe, I'm hopin' it will loosen their lips
before it has that chilling effect on fututre would-be torturers.
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Faryn Balyncd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 06:20 PM
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22. Go caucus with the other Republicans, Joe.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 07:01 PM
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24. Well, Lieberman's DU pal must be devastated by this news
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