Dispatches from the Bush Posse#9

THREE examples of the posse CLEARLY in action!

(1) Terror War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers from the New York Times

"For more than four years, the Justice Department ethics office has been investigating John Yoo's work and that of a few of his colleagues. A convicted terrorist has filed a lawsuit blaming Mr. Yoo for abuses he says he endured. Law students have led protests, and the Berkeley City Council even passed a resolution in December calling for Mr. Yoo’s prosecution for war crimes."

(2) Former Cheney Chief of Staff and Others Can't Find Jobs from RawStory

"Prominent Bush Administration officials who helped the former president propagate dubious legal opinions justifying the alleged torture of US prisoners continue to be punished by prospective employers."

(3) George Bush Could Be Next on the War Crimes List from the Associated Press via the New Zealand Herald

"David Crane, an international law professor at Syracuse University, said the principle of law used to issue an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir could extend to former US President Bush over claims officials from his Administration may have engaged in torture by using coercive interrogation techniques on terror suspects."

In Pursuit of Truth and Lessons from the Editorial Board of the San Francisco Chronicle

"Recent memos are also the latest exhibit in the case for a "truth commission" that Congress is considering to investigate the Bush era.  ... It could elucidate how this nation went from the Bill of Rights to an anti-terrorist mind set that fostered warrantless wiretaps, foreign prisons, torture and radical notions of unfettered presidential war powers."

The Rove-Miers Deal from the Editorial Board of the New York Times

"Although it makes a few unfortunate concessions, the agreement is strong where it matters — requiring the two former Bush administration officials to testify under oath about the improper politicization of the Justice Department."

George W. Bush's Disposable Constitution from Harper's Magazine

"John Yoo’s Constitution is unlike any other I have ever seen. It seems to consist of one clause: appointing the President as commander-in-chief. The rest of the Constitution was apparently printed in disappearing ink."