Obama said it will be up to Attorney General, Eric Holder, to decide whether or not to prosecute the former officials. - Tabacco, "Yeah, and Bernie Madoff is an honest man!" - UPDATE 4/22/09: I now agree with Bush Torture Tactics, and here's why:

"If the president releases the Bush torture memos, Republicans are promising to "go nuclear" and filibuster his legal appointments. Scott Horton reports on a serious threat to Obama's transparency." - Tabacco: RELIGULOUS GOP has ZERO ETHICS!

Tabacco, "I apologize for this Post because you will learn absolutely nothing from it about Torture. However you will get to see how Bush administration officials respond under Oath just as members of La Cosa Nostra would".

"ABC News revealed VP Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, George Tenet, John Ashcroft & Rumsfeld agreed on interrogation techniques including physical assault, sleep deprivation & waterboarding inside White House." - We always knew it!

Shayana Kadidal discusses Mukasey's role in Jose Padilla trial, his view on presidential power; Justice Department under Gonzalez secretly issued legal opinions that authorize methods including head-slapping, simulated drowning & frigid temperatures.

UN "Iraq immersed in 'ever-deepening humanitarian crisis'- Bush delayed report! Jimmy Carter: "you can make your own definition of torture & say we don't violate it.. Rudy Giuliani 'foolish' for backing a possible US attack on Iran".

APA Council approved a resolution prohibiting involvement in interrogations that use at least 14 specified methods, including sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation and mock executions. Tabacco: It's the stuff not included = BUSH SOPHIST TRICKERY!

On the 5pm News today they announced that José Padilla had been convicted of federal terror charges. That's it! Nothing said about torture, & only passing reference that Padilla was never even tried for an "al Qaeda Dirty Bomb Plot".

2 CIA psychologists, James Elmer Mitchell & Bruce Jessen, design torture tactics on detainees in secret CIA prisons around world. Classified military training program SERE - Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape. Bush still lies, "We don't torture".

Frederick Hitz served as CIA inspector general from 1990 to 1998. He says: “I'm against extraordinary rendition on a number of grounds. Principally, because of the immorality of it, the illegality of it, & the fact that it doesn't work.”

"The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" - HBO documentary traces political/legal precedents re prisoner torture. MILGRAM STUDY 61-62: 100% of people, brought in & asked to shock man they knew to be innocent, were willing because someone in authority asked them.

Cockburn talks about Rumsfeld's role in the Iraq war, his links to the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib, his time as a pharmaceutical executive, and his tenuous relationship with George H.W. Bush.

Robert Fisk on 1920: Lloyd George, British Prime Minister in House of Commons said, "If British troops leave Iraq now, there will be"?? AUDIENCE MEMBER: Civil war. FISK: Spot on. You read the Times parliamentary report in 1920, didn't you?

Democrats call for Iraq Pullout. Why John McCain supports Iraq War escalation. Coalition to IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY! U.S. vetoes UN Condemnation of Israel. Justice Dept: hold Detainees indefinitely without trial. Rumsfeld faces War Crimes!

Maher Arar, Syrian-born Canadian detained 4 years ago by US authorities at JFK airport, tortured in Syrian jail for links to al-Qaeda. Monday, Justice O’Connor: "no evidence that Mr. Arar committed any offence nor is he a threat to Canada".

DO PRESIDENTS LIE? Clinton “I never had sex with that woman!” Bush “I have never ordered torture. I will never order torture”. If your name is Bill Clinton, YES! If your name is George W. Bush, NO! Maybe Clinton should have been a BIGGER LIAR!

"a patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government," a belief defined by the conservationist Edward Abbey. “That Saddam was a torturer and killer lends patina of morality to going after him - now we're doing it."

The CIA’s modern method of interrogation & torture can be reduced to 2 basic concepts: I- Self-inflicted Pain II- Sensory Disorientation. Take a good look at the shocking images of torture at Abu Ghraib prison – CIA written all over them!

In one classified memo from July 2004, Murray wrote, "We receive intelligence obtained under torture from the Uzbek intelligence services via the US. We should stop... This is morally, legally and practically wrong."

Bush, “I Do Not Torture Detainees”… Clinton, “I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman”..Anyone who tells you that one lie is just as bad as any other is a LIAR himself, & this proves it. Who died when Clinton lied? How many from Bush lies? SEE!

If Brits publish Craig Murray’s book contents, they go to jail..if Bloggers worldwide publish, Tony Blair’s goose is cooked.. Tabacco publishes copies inside.. Happy New Year Blair & Bush, may 2006 be year you 2 scumbags get what you deserve

the State Department opposes ignoring the Geneva Conventions, and has warned the Bush administration that not only could US soldiers be denied protection of the conventions but that President Bush could also be prosecuted for war crimes.

Union for Reform Judaism, representing more than 1.5 million American Jews out of an estimated 5 million, is first major Jewish organization to oppose the war. The group has a long history of anti-war activism..Bush's ambiguous War on Terror

June 28th George W. Bush Defends War, Torture, and Repression. Faced with growing resistance in Iraq and growing worldwide opposition, George W. Bush tonight attempted to rally support for his failed and brutal policies in Iraq.

Extraordinary Rendition: agents accused of seizing cleric without permission from Italians, sending him to Egypt where he was tortured.. first time a foreign govt has filed criminal charges against US in counter-terrorism work abroad.