March 06, 2009 05:00 AM
Countdown: Scott Horton on the John Yoo Memos
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Keith talks to Scott Horton about his article in Harpers Magazine, George W. Bush’s Disposable Constitution.
Yesterday the Obama Administration released a series of nine previously secret legal opinions crafted by the Office of Legal Counsel to enhance the presidential powers of George W. Bush. Perhaps the most astonishing of these memos was one crafted by University of California at Berkeley law professor John Yoo. He concluded that in wartime, the President was freed from the constraints of the Bill of Rights with respect to anything he chose to label as a counterterrorism operations inside the United States.
john yoo in conjunction with bush's doj and his own damning memos evicerated the constitution in order to set himself up with dictatorial powers.
a truth commission is not good enough. we need a special prosecutor, grand jury, and congressional investigation targeting these matters.
nothing less will suffice.
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