Jerrold Nadler: We're Getting into Territory Where It's Taken for Granted That High Officials Can Violate the Law
By Heather Tuesday Aug 25, 2009 4:00pm
From The Ed Schultz Show, Jerrold Nadler says the appointment of a Special Prosecutor doesn't go far enough and that the law is that when torture occurs under American jurisdiction there must be an investigation of everyone who may have been involved and if warranted prosecutions. Nadler expressed concern that we aren't being aggressive enough and limiting the investigations too much. He also adds this:
Nadler: We are well into territory already, where because of the pardon of Nixon after Watergate and the people around him, because of in the Iran Contra, we're getting into territory where it becomes taken for granted that high officials can violate the law and get away with it.
Schultz: Yep.
Nadler: If high officials violated the law here, if Cheney did, if Rice did, etc., they've got to be prosecuted to show that no one is above the law.
I agree with his point that no one is above the law. I disagree that we're "getting into territory" where high officials take it for granted that they will never be held accountable for their law breaking. We're well past that point now.
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For each and every instance of torture:
Violation of USA Federal Law --------- CHECK
Violation of conspiracy statutes ------- CHECK
Violation of International Law --------- CHECK
Continued torture, violation of RICO ---- CHECK
Violation of Oaths of Office ----------- CHECK
Why are we NOT prosecuting these criminals?
Wow. Someone who remembers the Iran-Contra scandal and Nixon scandal. He won't be going on FOx News any time soon because the people who orchestrated those crimes are now employees of Fox.
I swear, it must be a job requirement: "Have you ever swindled the American taxpayer out of billions of dollars, sold weapons to an enemy state, rigged and election and/or defrauded the government of the United States?"
(I'd love to see Ollie North interview Nadler!)
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