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Old 04-17-2009, 06:26 PM   #6
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Why should Bybee go to prison? What did he do that was illegal? Did he order the torture?

He offered a legal opinion that the President could have ignored. Giving a legal opinion to a client is now a crime?
Please. Jay Bybee wasn't sitting on a desert island producing legal opinions.

He was responsible (with others) for giving the imprimatur of legality and morality to this. He knew exactly what he was doing.
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