Leahy wants truth commission for CIA/Cheney allegations
Published: July 12, 2009
Updated 4 months ago
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) says that — rather than a criminal prosecution — he would prefer to see a commission of inquiry into the growing controversy over the CIA misleading Congress and allegations that then-Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold crucial information.
The New York Times reported Sunday that unnamed sources say Cheney himself gave the order to the CIA not to tell Congress about a certain CIA counter-terrorism program. If the allegations against Cheney are true, then he would have violated the National Security Act, which mandates Congressional oversight of the CIA.
Also on Sunday the Washington Post Co. reported that Attorney General Eric Holder is considering appointing a special prosecutor to look into the allegations of misconduct by Cheney and the CIA.
Leahy told CBS’s Face the Nation that a commission of inquiry is preferable to criminal prosecution because “an inquiry would go into everything; a special prosecutor would be very narrowly focused.
“I just don’t want to see an instance where if the higher-ups gave the order to break the law, that the ones who are punished are the lower-level front-line troops,” Leahy said.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) says that — rather than a criminal prosecution — he would prefer to see a commission of inquiry into the growing controversy over the CIA misleading Congress and allegations that then-Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold crucial information.
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“commission of Inquiry” = more theatre and show (just like the 9-11 commission) to pacify the Dem kool-aid drinkers who are STILL living in denial about their own party’s complicity and war crimes.
I think all courts in the nation should adopt War Criminal Leahy’s proposal. Don’t you? Yeah, let’s get rid of criminal prosecutions and instead have “commissions of inquiry” all over the nation. Yeah, that’s good.
As some of us have asked before:
Do people honestly believe that the Bush-accomplice Dems (who are war criminals as well, including War Criminal Obama) have any sincere interest whatsoever in going after or prosecuting war criminals Bush, Cheney, et al including the war criminal Repugs in congress?
In other words, do you really expect one group of war criminals with a D behind their name to go after and prosecute another group of war criminals with a R behind their name? Duh.
The “Dem Team” will incriminate and implicate THEMSELVES as the war criminals that they are in any serious investigations/hearings.
So if everybody is guilty of war crimes either overtly or by inference or association, how would you proceed? Continued chronic paralysis is unacceptable the future is slipping away. We elected a president to lead these schmoes and it’s not happening. Set your distaste for both parties aside and suggest a course of action.
There is no course of action that is based in reality because millions and millions of people are NOT going to take to the streets in every city and town across this nation, nor are they about to elect a “third party” progressive candidate (like Nader, McKinney, or Kucinich). Period. And Kucinich even has a big D behind his name.
It was all over for this nation the night of the Judicial Coup in 2000. Some of us said so at the time.
This nation does not have the intelligence or foresight to put true progressives in office. They just keep putting the same corrupt, pro-war, pro-corporate D and R parasites in positions of power. So really, nothing will change until The People themselves change, and I don’t have much confidence in the “American People” any more, not that I ever did. They are too busy watching non-important stuff such as American Idol or endless hours of Michael Jackson coverage. Honestly, there is not enough intelligence in our society to even determine how to intelligently choose presidential candidates because most people absolutely refuse to examine a candidate’s voting record. And when some do examine the voting record, they dismiss it or begin making excuses and apologies for the voting record, as was the case during the campaign for savior Obama.
Don’t bet the ranch on this. Leahy is spouting the mantra, but he’s done it before.
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/jesse-richards-commentary/7697-the-truth-about-the-leahy-bush-truth-commission.html
Shadow, we no longer have a ranch to bet nor do we have time to quibble. A government in a coma is not what we need.
Ah, talk of a nice, mellow truth commission. Kinda like a love-in. Peace baby. Keep on talking. That’s all you’re good for.
Talk is all we have. We’re out of money.
Oh there’s plenty of money apparently. Billions. Trillions. To give to the bankers and to waste in Iraq, Afghanistan and now Pakistan.
They should have started years ago when all this came to light. Now it involves “squeezing” pus pockets. and the infection red lines are heading right up cheney’s ass.
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Dear Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT),
I didn’t know that I can lie to the Senate.
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That’s crap, you have truth commissions when you lack evidence, which we don’t.
Rothchild’s &CIA MK Ultra Victim,,
I wrote Mr.know when to HOLD them and know when to fold them,,that he better immediately appoint a special PROSECUTOR..
Hopefully he’s following my posts on the net,,
Let’s go back to the man that invited us on RED day/Valentines day to Assembly of God Church,,
It’s to bad they killed his wife to,,something to do with having her stomach STAPLETON,,,
This matches the actress on ALL IN THE FAMILY………
She didn’t even make it to surgery,,the air ducts of the hospital killed her..
I guess we could touch again on the BOWER/BAUER,,,who we used to rent from,,
He was just talking to somebody on an old dirt road,,some how a vehicle came by and broke every bone in his body,,he lived though..
Then the neighbor across the road shot her husband,,,,,,,,,
The people that rented after we left the Bower house,,well he chopped his little girls fingers off,,,
Then we rented another place,,the guy we rented from had one EYE,,
I’ve never lived anywhere without knowing a man with ONE EYE,,,,,
I had a few pigs,,,what a shame the man I bought my feed from died on his tractor,,,top man at the Assembly of God Church…
Then to rent from another man ,ALBREIGHT, and have him die on his tractor,,hmmm
His supposed girl friend,my husbands employee,,who became our friend,,
She had major stomach surgery,,,her name was TAYLOR,,matches Bob Hopes robot,hmmm
There’s more,,but lets move to another state Mr. Holder,,
How about those Bolt boys that made National news,,dieing in a logging accident…the same day…they match the BOLTEN’s..
Kind of matches one of my favorite singers,,Michael Bolten…
I especially love how I was able to predict so many suicides,,4-5-6..
Maybe the CLINTON Swartz across the road when he was little having that dog bite him in the EYE…………………..
There’s just to many to mention,,,
Mr. Holder,,I’m thinking that CIA room that nobody knows anything about might be where MK Ultra is being conducted,,,Assassinations are planned in this room too…
That room that even our Congress has no damn idea what is going on,,,,and it appears there afraid to ask,,,
I think I have some really good witnesses to these crimes,,and it appears they might be connected to the Secret Service,,
Hey,,they taught me the United States Secret Service Code of Conduct..
You do realize under said conditions WE THE PEOPLE grant the Secret Service ALL POWER,,,
These “said” conditions have been met!
It might be a good idea to immediately appoint a Special Prosecutor,,make sure he has a little army of helpers too…
Did I mention little David H..around 2 as he sat in his little RED wagon, a truck loaded with cement lawn ornaments drove over him….
Tons of weight drove over his stomach,,but supposedly that little side of the RED wagon saved his life,,
But when he returned from the hospital I was there,,
His EYES were BLOOD RED,, Like the devil..
This is your Rothchild’s and CIA MK Ultra,,
There’s just so many more…
MAYBE YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPOINT AN ARMY TO INVESTIGATE THAT SECRET CIA ROOM,,HMM
Don’t forget ,”hey,hey,hey fat Albert”
NO AMNESTY for war criminals.
NO AMNESTY for former govt officials.
I’d rather we had a Special Prosecutor than a Truth Commission.
A Truth Commission may fail to hold people accountable for their silence, and/or for their crimes.
In other words, a kumbaya Truth and Justice Commission will forestall a THOROUGH criminal investigation by a Special Prosecutor.
Which is what is required.
I think what we need to do is ignore this entire sham and replace Leahy with a real senator from Vermont who will follow the rule of law, like this man
http://www. zillow. com / advice-thread / Peter-Schiff-RUNNING-FOR-SENATE/ 254644 /
Shut down this SHAM INVESTIGATION BEFORE IT BEGINS!!!!!
Then when we elect some REAL senators who will follow the law, UPEND ALL THE CRIMINAL BANKS & PUT CHENEY & HIS FRIENDS IN A CLOSED ROOM TO WATERBOARD THEM ALL ON CRIMINAL CHARGES!!!!!
angryvoters . org
Smash down their walls and tell them to stuff it, we WANT A NEW SENATE!!!
We want the COVER UP OF THE USS LIBERTY EXPOSED for all to see & these traitors DRAGGED TO THEIR FATE!!!!!!
FORCE the AG to appoint a special prosecutor & recuse himself, then when they get the cover up going lets dump our Senate & start investigating the whole rancid cancer of FEDERAL BANKS which own wall street & capitol hill like a bunch of drug dealers….
I think what we need to do is ignore this entire sham and replace Leahy with a real senator from Vermont who will follow the rule of law, like this man
http://www. zillow. com / advice-thread / Peter-Schiff-RUNNING-FOR-SENATE/ 254644 /
Shut down this SHAM INVESTIGATION BEFORE IT BEGINS!!!!!
Then when we elect some REAL senators who will follow the law, UPEND ALL THE CRIMINAL BANKS & PUT CHENEY & HIS FRIENDS IN A CLOSED ROOM TO WATERBOARD THEM ALL ON CRIMINAL CHARGES!!!!!
angryvoters . org
Smash down their walls and tell them to stuff it, we WANT A NEW SENATE!!!
We want the COVER UP OF THE USS LIBERTY EXPOSED for all to see & these traitors DRAGGED TO THEIR FATE!!!!!!
FORCE the AG to appoint a special prosecutor & recuse himself, then when they get the cover up going lets dump our Senate & start investigating the whole rancid cancer of FEDERAL BANKS which own wall street & capitol hill like a bunch of drug dealers….
I think what we need to do is ignore this entire sham and replace Leahy with a real senator from Vermont who will follow the rule of law, like this man
zillow. com / advice-thread / Peter-Schiff-RUNNING-FOR-SENATE/ 254644 /
Shut down this SHAM INVESTIGATION BEFORE IT BEGINS!!!!!
Then when we elect some REAL senators who will follow the law, UPEND ALL THE CRIMINAL BANKS & PUT CHENEY & HIS FRIENDS IN A CLOSED ROOM TO WATERBOARD THEM ALL ON CRIMINAL CHARGES!!!!!
angryvoters . org
Smash down their walls and tell them to stuff it, we WANT A NEW SENATE!!!
We want the COVER UP OF THE USS LIBERTY EXPOSED for all to see & these traitors DRAGGED TO THEIR FATE!!!!!!
FORCE the AG to appoint a special prosecutor & recuse himself, then when they get the cover up going lets dump our Senate & start investigating the whole rancid cancer of FEDERAL BANKS which own wall street & capitol hill like a bunch of drug dealers….
of course nothing will come of this, so much for change,
im begining to think bush is still president and hes just doing
his al jolson impression.
No more truth commissions,,no more special prosecutors,,,
We have a conspiracy of involvement and cover-up of torture and other issues…
Let’s hope the agency, WE THE PEOPLE, grant execute/ALL POWER under said conditions,,uses there power..
Eric Holder is supposed to uphold the law,,know the law..
On several issues. he’s proposing supporting and violating of the law./US Constitution…
I hope there’s a media in or out of the USA that publishes the torture pictures…
We have a conspiracy by many members of the USA government to hide there crimes..
We don’t want to hear there lame excuses on why the CIA lied,,
Or the NSA explaining they were briefed,,,,
We don’t want to listen to there blame game,,,he said,she said,,
WE WANT TO KNOW THE CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED UPON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE PEOPLE!
I know the torture crimes that were committed upon the Iraq people..
Via MK Ultra,,the Rothchild’s and the CIA were discussing the torture via my brain…
They were discussing 9/11 before 9/11 and many other criminal activities..
Crimes have been committed upon the people of this Nation of a magnitude that is scary…with conspiracy,coop and cult which involves many players..
WE THE PEOPLE grant a said agency the power of GOD to protect us from internal and external dangers under said conditions…
Not only is said condition been met,,,there’s been SEVERAL said conditions met, that grant them ALL POWER…
All power over President,Congressional and Judicial at the Federal level..
As this corruption involves/is connected to the States,,I think they have jurisdiction.
Never in US history has this power been invoked,,but it NEEDS TO BE..
We have a LARGE number of government and connections to government that are committing atrocities upon the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IT”S PEOPLE..
The United States government has declared war upon it’s citizens,,
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR time!
Let these Bushies tell their story to a Federal Grand Jury,
A Federal Grand Jury with the power to subpoena, to take testimony under oath, and to the power to imprison recalcitrant witnesses for contempt.
Not a lousy kumbaya Truth Commission.
nobody is more pleased with obama than republican
criminals, war criminals, wall street criminals,traitors,spys,
treasonous bastards all given a pass by there buddy who
promised change.impeach obama the fucking fraud!
Tenet, Ashcroft, Addington, and Yoo were among those who refused to be interviewed.
Subpoena and depose them In Public Sessions Under Oath. And Bush and Cheney as well.
SIGN THE PETITION
Demanding both a
Commission of Inquiry
and a Special Prosecutor.
http://ANGRYVOTERS.ORG
Forward this url to your friends
We can’t let them bury these crimes.
Over 250,000 signers so far
Join them and call yourself a patriot
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“They” don’t care what we think. Haven’t you figured that out by now? Come out of your denial.
Your petition is a waste of time. It may have worked in the 1960s. This ain’t the 60s. Since 2000, these parasite war criminals have ignored ALL efforts we have made, and that includes petitions.
They listen exclusively to their owners, which ain’t us.
JUST SAY “NO!” TO A TRUTH COMMISSION.
WE DEMAND PROSECUTION — otherwise, when America turns out in the streets to take our country back, we’ll want a “truth commission” instead of a prosecution as well.
PROSECUTE OR JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP.
oh, I forgot to mention, though I need not say it here:
We must begin to disabuse our neighbors of the idea that we are a nation of laws. That is bullshit. Laws, like taxes, are ONLY for the little people, you know, those huddled masses yearning to breathe free?
They might hold a lamp beside the golden door, but they keep that door locked and we aren’t getting in. The lamp is just there so they don’t trip when they take out the trash at night. Those are the scraps the rest of us are clawing each others’ eyes out over.
Don’t let any trailer trash Republican tell you otherwise. If they refuse to face that reality and start vomiting their usual brainwashed jingoistic xenophobic bullshit, then by all means claw their fucking eyes out — for they are the stooges of the insiders.
I thought Senator Leahy had already asked for a “truth Commission” a few months ago..what happened to that….where’s the incite on that “Truth Commission”????
Lol, I love me a truth commission. Every time I hear that phrase, history is re-written. If you want to rain on their parade, you’ll have to end the war first. These people are not going to jail unless you build your own, kidnap them, and incarcarate them yourself, anything else is just a contrived sideshow designed to obfuscate the real show, the war.