Leahy Speaking at Georgetown just announced his plan for a Truth Commission

[Thrill]

regarding torture and other shenanigans at the Justice Department the last eight yrs.

[babylonsister]

1. Hot damn! Music to my ears!!! nt

[lurky]

2. No reconciliation?

Go Pat!

[blm]

3. BIG RECOMMEND.....hope the admins put this on front page.

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[Ian David]

4. Now he can tell Cheney to go fuck himself! n/t

[AtomicKitten]

5. Prof. Turley said a Truth Commission is code for "white-wash."

:(

[babylonsister]

7. I'm embracing the baby steps myself; if lots of truth comes out of

a commission, more action will need to be taken. That's what I'm banking on.

[AtomicKitten]

9. I think it will be useful for the sheer purpose of educating the country.

I've noticed the wingnuts have stepped up the "we didn't torture" mantra, going as far as describing Guantanamo as a 4-star hotel. That BS needs to be knocked down hard.

[garybeck]

18. I don't need to be educated. I already know we tortured. I want prosecutions. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

19. not talking about the informed, I'm talking about those bamboozled by their lies

I think it's important to set the record straight once and for all.

And my point was and always will be that these war crimes MUST be prosecuted, and on that point we are in agreement.

[garybeck]

20. agreed, however the problem is when they have these "Truth Commissions", there usually is immunity

offered to get people to talk, and there you go... no prosecutions.

[AtomicKitten]

22. I agree with you and with Jonathan Turley on that point.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8181147&mesg_id=8181184

[tridim]

10. Kind of depends who proposes it.

I have no reason to distrust Leahy.

[AtomicKitten]

11. white-wash in efficacy, not in intent as proposed by Leahy n/t

[hootinholler]

13. Depends on who is on it, but yes, that seems to follow history...

The Warren Commission. The Church Commission. Was there a Commission for Iran-Contra? The 9/11 Commission.

I'm not liking the odds.

-Hoot

[AtomicKitten]

15. Turley said to watch for it.

And I agree history dictates that we be apprehensive about a satisfactory outcome. :(

[JohnnyBoots]

21. Yes, but the bad guys did send Leahy Anthrax in a letter. I think he still has a chip

on his shoulder from that. I know I would, not to mention the last 8 years of dancing on The Constitution. I think they messed with the wrong Vermonter. Good luck Pat, I'll be rooting for you to do some damage.

[katandmoon]

6. Why does that just sound like a sop?

[dgibby]

8. Well, let's hope it's more successful tha the 9/11 commission.

We all know how well THAT worked out, don't we?

[Numba6]

12. Hell, they need a truth commission on FDR & the New Deal

Republicans’ Latest Talking Point: The New Deal Failed
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/opinion/12mon4.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print

Once Upon a Time in Republican Land...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/2/9/01244/95631/561/695061


McCain Claims FDR ‘Exacerbated The Great Depression,’ Calls For Counterproductive Balanced Budget Provisions
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/05/mccain-fdr-depression/


Limbaugh, Hannity, and the GOP: an iron triangle of stimulus misinformation
http://mediamatters.org/items/200902070003

[Sanity Claws]

14. Good for him!

Remember he was a recipient of anthrax. I don't think he will allow a whitewash.

[EraOfResponsibility]

16. Good point

[garybeck]

17. "Truth Comission" means immunity and no prosecutions.

that's not what I want.