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Top Democrats Complicit In Torture Cover-Up
The Obama administration is resisting an independent inquiry into the Bush torture program because top Democrats like Pelosi were complicit in approving illegal methods
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, April 24, 2009
We now know why top Democrats are protecting Bush administration officials from facing an inquiry into the illegal torture program - because several of them were actually complicit in giving their approval for such methods to be used.
The White House stressed again yesterday that it would not be pursuing an investigation of key Bush administration officials, despite the manifestly provable fact that the order to torture came from the very top, which was re-affirmed with the recent release of the Senate Armed Services Committee report.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs stated yesterday, “I think the last few days might well be evidence of why something like this would likely just become a political back and forth.”
“By (definition), an independent commission would probably not be something that I would weigh in on if Congress were to create one of those,” he told reporters, according to AFP.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid also said he opposed an independent torture probe, stating, “I think it would be very unwise, from my perspective, to start having commissions, boards, tribunals, until we find out what the facts are.”
In addition, upon the recent release of the torture memos, Obama’s right-hand man, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, told ABC News that top Bush administration officials “should not be prosecuted either and that’s not the place that we go.” Obama’s statement that accompanied the release of the torture memos stated, “In releasing these memos, it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice that they will not be subject to prosecution.”
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Why are top Democrats so vehemently opposed to an independent inquiry into the blatantly illegal Bush torture program? This goes further than the crony self-interests of the two party monopoly - it turns out that top Democrats had foreknowledge of the torture and actually provided their unmitigated approval for the methods when presented with them by the CIA.
Despite Nancy Pelosi’s denial that Congress was informed that the CIA was illegally waterboarding detainees, the Senate committee report discovered that in 2002 Pelosi and three other members of Congress (one other Democrat and two Republicans) were given a virtual tour by the CIA of overseas detention sites and the torture tactics employed to try and make detainees talk. This was reported by the Washington Post in December 2007.
Democrats Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Sens. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), all held oversight roles during this period. The Post reports that the lawmakers raised “no objections” to the interrogation methods demonstrated by the CIA and that in fact, “at least two lawmakers in the room asked the CIA to push harder.”
So in summary, at least four top Democrats were aware as far back as 2002 that the CIA was using torture tactics which were illegal under the Geneva Conventions on detainees. They gave their approval for such measures and, along with Republicans, advised that even harsher torture methods be employed.
Any independent investigation into the torture scandal will most probably uncover the fact that top Democrats like Pelosi, Harman, Graham and Rockefeller were complicit in approving the torture methods used by the CIA, which would also likely make them culpable to charges on the basis of knowingly covering up the fact that illegal actions which violate both the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Constitution were taking place.
This is why Obama, Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic elite are so resistant to prosecuting Bush officials for devising the torture program - and have made every effort to protect them - because they were in on the fun and any truly independent inquiry would expose the fact that this whole debacle was a bipartisan cover-up from the very beginning.
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April 24th, 2009 at 4:16 am
There isn’t a left or right, they play the people off on one another. Just look at the show the liberal media and “conservative” media are putting on with the tea parties.
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CR Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 5:03 am
thats right, so calling it the “liberal” media is not only wrong, but it plays eright into the divide and conquer strategy you speak of. notice how the corporate media , from Fox to NBC and everywhere in between pushed the phony “tea party” protests so hard, yet they all but ignored ACTUAL protests like the anti-war rallies and Ron Paul rallies. both parties are deeply corrupt as is our media. there is no hope.
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Tod G. Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Yeah, remember how Bush got break after break from the so-called left media, they put his fake news items in, treated him with kid gloves. Then a switch was flipped around Katrina, and all of a sudden they skewered him on every occasion. This was likely because around that time, the elites who control things had tired of him and his Neocon freaks, and they made plans for switching things to the Democrat side. At that point Neocon plans like Iran were all nixed and they were powerless. However, though they screwed up, they had remained faithful to their marching orders, so they still have the elite protection. So for illegal activities like torture, murder, spying, they get a free pass. Compare that to Clinton lying to cover up an affair, that seems so silly in comparison.
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Truth_Be_Told Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 7:02 am
The old Good cop Bad Cop routine.
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April 24th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Democrats had always complained about not having enough power to act with W.Bush as commander-in-chief. But now, now they’ve got it all, they’ve got the house, the senate, the presidency. What more do they want? Answer: they simply lied! they wanted the wars as bad as Bush wanted them, and now they’re gearing up for more massive attacks on the population they don’t represent, from the left they attack us with environmentalist hysteria, from the right with national security/terrorism hysteria, and the spending skyrockets, the taxes skyrocket…
Elections and “democracy” have become a farce. We vote for the candidates they choose for us, like a guest on a restaurant menu. They’ve got the power and intend to keep it, forEVER.
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April 24th, 2009 at 5:00 am
Did prison planet just take the big blue pill of Left and Right paradigm?
They are all crooks, and all need to be removed, period.
Ron Paul is probably the only decent man up there… the rest need to be removed, not just from their office, but from humanity it’s self.
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CR Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Ron Paul and Cynthia McKinney are the only 2 politicians in recent memory worth any real respect. i may be missing one or 2 names, but the rest are indeed all either cowards or crooks or both.
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Zammy Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Even when the House and Senate has some good people, they’re overruled through executive orders and presidential decisions. Rumor has it Obama will force carbon taxes and regulation via the EPA, rather than wait for Congress to pass a bill. Congress has too many people so they can’t fully control it. Put your faith in one single man, and this is what you get.
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BornAgainst Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Dennis Kucinich
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April 24th, 2009 at 5:19 am
What exactly is a ‘virtual tour’? Were they watching videotapes of the techniques being used overseas?
This should be thoroughly investigated.
Pelosi is obviously a cold bitch — I’m sure some of these congress people got off on watching the torture.
And people wonder why we no longer have a voice. They are all fucking criminals.
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April 24th, 2009 at 5:32 am
you,ll have that when they are all criminal pigs
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April 24th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Go on YouTube and watch The Calling and pass it along to everyone; or at least one other person and so on. I’ve been at this a long time and it is THEE best documentary on what we are facing. It is divided into 8 10 minute segments. If someone does not believe or understand it….it even explains why? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Pelosi needs tortured for days/weeks/months. Along with the rest of the fruit cake faggot brigade.
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birgit Reply:
April 24th, 2009 at 6:17 am
No just a rope….. like the OTHER DC Madam..?
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:14 am
Time to clean out the barn.
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Nancy is a stupid bitch. Fuck her.
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:32 am
@Zammy……They do NOT have the power. Its an illusion that this filthy criminal bunch of cowards have power to control us. How the hell can 300mil people be so damn stupid to allow these whore of the ZioNazis to control us with bogus terror and LIES. Right now Amerryca is living under “Zio-Jewish” laws and domination. These beast don’t give shit about anyone but themselves. They smile with you and then they go straight for the jugular. For so long they have been controlling this nation. They have always set the agenda thru their media. They’re on the right,left and dead centre where the control lies. And the stupid, comatose Amerrycans continue to give them their support esp. thru the religious whores who preach that bullshit that “The “jews” are God’s chosen people and if you bless them God will bless you.” What a bunch of whores.
Pelosi, Reid…they are a part of the big con game. Let it appear to the public that we disagree so they can think that we are fighting for them and then they get behind closed doors and laugh their arses off at the dumb jackass public while stuffing their greasy pockets with the bloody payoffs. And the asses keep falling for this shit every 4 yrs.
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Now you know why Pelosi wears long skirts…to cover her dirty knees.
Reid is another worthless jackoff. Spends most of his time like a whore on his knees and taking it up the ass.
As for the rest of congress except for the previously mentioned, well the rest of them can go fuck each other in the ass for all I care. I’m done with them all.
Lock and Load!
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Quotation by Paul Joseph Watson (in the article):
“Why are top Democrats so vehemently opposed to an independent inquiry into the blatantly illegal Bush torture program?”
It takes a unique species of idiot to ask questions of readers in a “news” article.
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:51 am
One of the biggest earmarks of propaganda and fraud:
The one who channels the information always puts his crap above all others. That is why you see Paul Joseph Watson put HIS own crap at the top of the “news” page every day.
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Pelosi is an utter skank. Every scandal, every controversial uncovering, every special interest/payoff instance - she’s right in the middle. This nasty, wretched, miserable tyrant servant appears more wicked as time moves on. And she looks more deranged with each passing year as well. She looks as insane as she actually is.
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April 24th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Quotation by gravel kucinich paul nader:
“Time to clean out the barn.”
Yes indeed. We are waiting for truthers to start rioting and “take back their country” so we can try and hang the criminal and traitorous truthers. Except the truthers won’t leave the internet. Oh well. We’ll be waiting……………………………………………………
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