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Torturing Judge Bybee: Make Him Eat His Own Words

April 29th, 2009 | Corruption, politics by Dave Lindorff

If the day comes that Congress finally does its duty and begins an impeachment effort against 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Judge Jay Bybee, the former Bush assistant attorney general who in 2002 authored a key memo justifying the use of torture against captives in the Afghanistan invasion and the so-called “War on Terror,” it would be fitting punishment to watch him squirm as his own words as a judge were played back to him. FULL ARTICLE

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#1 Dave Anderson on 04.29.09 at 2:56 am

If this were in the Nuremberg trial era, would any of these “judges” be let go? I sure hope not. Maybe we’ll have our own version some day. One can hope, right?

#2 Spoonerite on 04.29.09 at 3:30 am

I think this is probably the greatest problem of our political system. There’s two sets of laws. One for us, and one for them. Much of what these politicians and bureaucrats do would land them in prison if they didn’t work for the government.

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