DailyKos - Bush Seeks Retroactive Immunity From US War Crimes Prosecution

[aggiesal]

by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse
Thu Aug 03, 2006 at 09:41:03 AM PDT

Now that the Bush team faces possible prosecution for war crimes under US law, the team is quietly changing the law to provide a "legal escape hatch." The recent US Supreme Court decision in Hamdan removed a potential defense from war crimes prosecution that the Bush team had been relying upon. So now the Decider is quietly changing this US law to exempt himself and other officials from criminal prosecutions that may not occur until the next administration. One thing for sure -- Bush is not much of a planner for wars, natural disasters, and terror attacks -- but he sure does plan years in advance to save his own hide. ...

http://patriot-daily-news-clearinghouse.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/3/12413/49075

This is par for the course with this administration.
1) Break the law.
2) Get Caught breaking law.
3) Ask Butt-kissing congress to change law to legalize the illegal activity
4) Democrats bend over
5) Law passes legalizing illegal activity.
6) Continue with now legalized, illegal activity.

[rodeodance]

1. like he wants Congress to pass a law AFTER he broke the law (nsa)

[aggiesal]

3. Exactly!!! More of the same. n/t

[Atman]

2. And Congress will give it to him.

Hitler did it, too. First, make the illegal legal.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. George Bush ..... what a sad case

A total born loser.
Cannot do even a single thing right in life
Horror on Horror how does such embrassing specimen get to become President.

From the begin of 911 to now
He live in a fantasy of being the greatest war president.

What if the FBI say no proof on OBL link to 911
Gee then Agfhan got attack for ????

What if no WMD
Iraq fool errant.

What if cover of covert CIA get blown.
National Security needs for blow job.

So great seeing him bumming from one disaster to another

Like he say
You can fool some people sometimes
But you cannot fool all the people all the time
Even backwash now waking up
Better stop digging pit, damn deep now
He keep digging cause hey he living in never never land
Not going to wake anytime soon.

[Zensea]

5. U.S. laws won't protect him

If there ever is a war crimes trial for Bush, it will be more likely to be an international trial anyways.

I also suspect that any law such as this in the U.S. could and would be challenged in the courts.

Of course they can try to get an escape hatch such as this, but if it ever gets as far as there being an active prosecution of Bush, I seriously doubt such an escape hatch will do much good for them.

[aggiesal]

6. I'll agree

But I don't believe the U.S. will ever allow any of their senior officials (i.e. Pres, VP, ...) to ever face a court of law.

You have to ask yourself, why is Saddam's trial being held in Iraq instead of in "The Hague".
Saddam's case is a joke. If it were held in "The Hague", the world court would expose any/all
correspondence that the U.S. had with Saddam, and how they aided him.

The U.S. would have some show piece case, and eventually find all of them not guilty for some reason or another.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Every time you think Bu**sh** can't get more disgusting ...

he "tops" himself.:puke: