WJ this morning: Do we need to move forward or

[malaise]

hold them accountable? This should be good.

[annabanana]

1. What?. . BOTH is out of the question apparently. . .n/t

[malaise]

2. LOL

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/01/61177294/1

Obama's comments from yesterday.
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Stephanopoulos: "The most popular question on your own website is related to this. On change.gov it comes from Bob Fertik of New York City and he asks, 'Will you appoint a special prosecutor ideally Patrick Fitzgerald to independently investigate the greatest crimes of the Bush administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping.' "

Obama: "We're still evaluating how we're going to approach the whole issue of interrogations, detentions, and so forth. And obviously we're going to be looking at past practices and I don't believe that anybody is above the law. On the other hand I also have a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards. And part of my job is to make sure that for example at the CIA, you've got extraordinarily talented people who are working very hard to keep Americans safe. I don't want them to suddenly feel like they've got to spend all their time looking over their shoulders and lawyering."

Stephanopoulos: "So, no 9/11 commission with Independence subpoena power?"

Obama: "We have not made final decisions, but my instinct is for us to focus on how do we make sure that moving forward we are doing the right thing. That doesn't mean that if somebody has blatantly broken the law, that they are above the law. But my orientation's going to be to move forward."

Stephanopoulos: "So, let me just press that one more time. You're not ruling out prosecution, but will you tell your Justice Department to investigate these cases and follow the evidence wherever it leads?"

Obama: "What I -- I think my general view when it comes to my attorney general is he is the people's lawyer. Eric Holder's been nominated. His job is to uphold the Constitution and look after the interests of the American people, not to be swayed by my day-to-day politics. So, ultimately, he's going to be making some calls, but my general belief is that when it comes to national security, what we have to focus on is getting things right in the future, as opposed looking at what we got wrong in the past."

[rfranklin]

3. Those who forgtet history are condemned to repeat it...

Here we go again...enabling the Bushistas and their spawn to do it again in eight years.

[malaise]

4. I can't believe some of these callers

It's so fugging uncomplicated, it isn't funny. Torture is a war crime. Violating the constitution is a crime. The worst political error in my lifetime was that Nixon was not imprisoned.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. I wish those callers and everyone else who

condones torture would be waterboarded. That might change a few minds as well as get rid of head lice.

The Israelis don't torture because they know the info is suspect. That is what needs to be pointed out.
The Mossad has never messed around.

I also wonder if some people are worried if they won't be caught up in the net? Did Cheney scare them or did they tacitly approve something?

[zbdent]

9. now that it's a Dem in charge, Steph. is now growing his balls back in

as an "investigator"? I thought his career was kissing up to Republicans as a "token Dem" ...

[Philosoraptor]

6. My favorite caller: 'round all the creeps up & execute em'

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. There goes Westboro Baptist. nt

[rfranklin]

8. What he doesn't realize is he is one of the creeps....

Nothing clears the mind as much as when you realize you are not one of the "in group."

[bdamomma]

10. Well if we do not hold the Bush administration accountable

some other European country will hold them accountable, sad, but let them do it.