TPM Reader DP:
If only Saddam Hussein had been smart enough to solicit a legal opinion from his government lawyers that gassing people was within the law, he could have been playing golf in Myrtle Beach right now.
I'm so old I can remember those ancient days when it was accepted that the Justice Department was independent from the president, that the Attorney General and others should make decisions absent political considerations, and that when it seemed as if independence might not be possible, the AG should recuse him/herself and appoint a special prosecutor.
I'm not the first person to bring this up recently, but the point is that it shouldn't be Obama's and Rahm Emmanuel's decision whether to prosecute anybody. If there's suspicion and clear evidence that people broke laws, an inquiry should begin. If the AG feels undue pressure from President Change and his gang then he should appoint a special prosecutor to try to wall off the investigation from political pressure.
Case (not) closed April 20: Details are coming out on the newly released torture memos, including more than 266 instances of waterboarding of two alleged terrorists. Should Bush administration officials be held accountable? Rachel Maddow is joined by Newsweek's Michael Isikoff.
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Torture accountability? Stay tuned! April 20: Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., explains to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that the Justice Department is actively investigating the details of the torture of U.S. detainees. Among other reports, the Senate Judiciary Commitee awaits the results of the Office of Professional Responsibility inquiry which Senator Whitehouse says he has "every reason to believe this will be a devastating opinion."
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