Jonathan Turley on Legal Implications Of Detainee Treatment Act

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Olbermann: Bush's 'rush' to redefine Geneva Conventions may be mostly about 'covering his own backside'

David Edwards
Published: Saturday September 16, 2006

Keith Olbermann's Friday broadcast on MSNBC featured a long look at the President's contentious Rose Garden press conference on Friday, dubbing it the "Roast Garden," and then pondered whether Bush's urgency to redefine the Geneva Convention had more to do with "covering his own backside" than anything else.

Jonathan Turley on Legal Implications Of Detainee Treatment Act



Georgetown University Professor and Countdown resident Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley joined Keith tonight to discuss the legal implications of President Bush’s proposed changes to Article III of the Geneva Conventions. Keith raises an obvious yet seldom mentioned point: Is the Bush administration trying to retroactively legalize crimes it very well may have already committed? Wouldn’t be the first time.

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/16/jonathan-turley-on-legal-implications-of-detainee-treatment-act/

[warrior1]

1. k&r

[seemslikeadream]

2. legalize crimes it very well may have already committed?

yes sir!

[Disturbed]

3. Warrentless Spying, Torture, Secret Prisons,

and Rendition are all Unconstitutional. America is no longer abiding by The US Constitution. The Busholini Regime turn their backsides to it and fart on it.