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Old 01-19-2009, 09:17 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by Archaea View Post
I agree that waterboarding was torture, and Bush apparently stopped it after knowledge of it became widespread. If you wish to empower the rest of the world by further disclosures go right on ahead.

So you vote in favor of continued castigations for the duration of the Obama presidency so that the tabloids and shows can have their vetting? Noted.

Are there other ways to prevent the recurrence other than expensive show trials and public vengeance?
Was Nuremberg an expensive show trial and public vengeance?

The President works for US. Not himself. He is accountable to us and the Constitution. And to the degree he willfully avoids accountability and ignores the Constitution he must be investigated.
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