tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post6725012341096946831..comments2023-05-25T06:44:40.265-05:00Comments on The Motley Cow: Time to prosecute Cheney.Mpetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-76436764324382337342010-02-19T21:50:10.027-06:002010-02-19T21:50:10.027-06:00Maybe Eric Holder needs to "hold" back b...Maybe Eric Holder needs to "hold" back because he got bitch-slapped today:<br /><br />http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/02/cleared-bush-era-lawyers-cleared-of.html<br /><br />"Six months ago Attorney General Holder announced an unprecedented investigation. For the the first time in American History, a new administration had launched a politically motivated legal investigation against its predecessor, as the Obama administration went after the lawyers who wrote the legal decisions blessing enhanced interrogation techniques such as water-boarding for the Bush Administration.<br /><br />This evening the two lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee were cleared of professional misconduct in connection those memorandums authorizing harsh interrogations. Interestingly, the ethics lawyers in the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), concluded that two department lawyers had demonstrated “professional misconduct.” It said the lawyers had ignored legal precedents and provided slipshod legal advice to the White House in possible violation of international and federal laws on torture."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com