tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post8290992275803185499..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: The Unpunished Crime Might as Well be LegalWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-42896633581748647802009-01-13T15:01:00.000-06:002009-01-13T15:01:00.000-06:00"That doesn't mean that if somebody has b..."That doesn't mean that if somebody has blatantly broken the law, that they are above the law."<BR/><BR/>The key word there would be "blatantly".<BR/><BR/>Bush goes out of his way to stress that he sought legal opinions before authorising whatever it was that he authorised. In other words, he did his due diligence, and whatever laws he may have broken, it wasn't "blatant".<BR/><BR/>That's not my own view, but I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts it's what Obama's people will say. There's no way GWB will be indicted on these counts.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, if someone lower down the pecking order "obeyed orders" that they shouldn't have obeyed -- that's not "blatant", either. That one word sets the bar for prosecution very high indeed.<BR/><BR/>I still like the "Truth & Reconciliation Commission" idea. But increasingly I can't see it happening. To do it properly would mean letting Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib <EM>detainees</EM> testify, and so far the Bush administration has gone to enormous lengths to prevent any of <EM>them</EM> from having their say in public.vethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376500106064052491noreply@blogger.com