It's building. Today Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) took the Senate floor to call for a "Truth Commission" to investigate torture and other misdeeds by the Bushies. Salon's Glenn Greenwald explained that this could open to the door to prosecutions. That long post has an interesting quote from Whitehouse:
Still, regarding a potential torture commission, he told Salon, "I am convinced it is going to happen." In fact, his fervor on the issue was palpable. When asked if there is a lot the public still does not know about these issues during the Bush administration, his eyes grew large and he nodded slowly. "Stay on this," he said. "This is going to be big."
Greenwald has two other interesting points about this. First, since Barack has been saying that he wants to focus on the problems he currently has rather than past misdeeds, Congress seems to be stepping up to fill that gap. This is appropriate, since they are the body with independent investigative power. Second, Greenwald thinks that once Bush misdeeds come to light, the DOJ might be under too much pressure to avoid prosecutions.
Furthermore, Nancy Pelosi openly called for prosecutions to be on the table in an interview with Rachel Maddow today.
I'll be shocked if this ever reaches the level of Cheney or Bush (seems like the really high ups always skate), but it certainly seems like there is some momentum for some sort of reckoning for the crimes of the last administration.
3 comments:
Dave, I appreciate that you're staying on top of this. I assume you, Bridg and I will be taking a field trip to DC for the public hearings?
and/or public beheadings.
hey, a fella can dream, can't he?
If this does happen, and you guys do come down, maybe you can stay long enough to hoist a brew with a brother this time?
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