Another Scary Report on White House Activities
The White House could not get JAGs to sign a letter that dismisses objections raised by OUR Supreme Court last year and endorses a White House proposal for handling "terrorism trials," BEFORE NOW. Then yesterday, late at night, Jags went ahead and signed the letter. The letter gives their support for the exact same proposal that they derided vehemently for the past 4 years - publicly denouncing it even (a very strong action for any military officer to take).
What changed between now and 2002? One thing is for sure, not only did the Supreme Court inform the White House that their proposal was unconstitutional, since then, Congress has also rejected the proposal. So, Jags dissension has MORE support from THEIR own government now, and the Executive Branch has even LESS support for its vicious proposal that dismisses what our founding fathers thought was the LINE in the SAND when it comes to executive power.
This letter that these Judge Advocates General signed is a scary little thing, especially coming up on the very LATE NIGHT BEFORE the Senate is to vote on Bush's torture plan in Guantanamo. Many people in TOP government posts believe the Jags were coerced into signing the letter. Just the fact that they BELIEVE that to be POSSIBLE is VERY VERY SCARY Folks, but also chilling to me is the fact that NONE of these Judge Advocate Generals were willing to RESPOND to that question: were you indeed coerced? Should be an easy question to answer, don't you think?
This administration is getting scarier and scarier. It reminds me of those movies about the Roman Senate and their fights with various Emperors. Are we about to FALL?
What changed between now and 2002? One thing is for sure, not only did the Supreme Court inform the White House that their proposal was unconstitutional, since then, Congress has also rejected the proposal. So, Jags dissension has MORE support from THEIR own government now, and the Executive Branch has even LESS support for its vicious proposal that dismisses what our founding fathers thought was the LINE in the SAND when it comes to executive power.
This letter that these Judge Advocates General signed is a scary little thing, especially coming up on the very LATE NIGHT BEFORE the Senate is to vote on Bush's torture plan in Guantanamo. Many people in TOP government posts believe the Jags were coerced into signing the letter. Just the fact that they BELIEVE that to be POSSIBLE is VERY VERY SCARY Folks, but also chilling to me is the fact that NONE of these Judge Advocate Generals were willing to RESPOND to that question: were you indeed coerced? Should be an easy question to answer, don't you think?
This administration is getting scarier and scarier. It reminds me of those movies about the Roman Senate and their fights with various Emperors. Are we about to FALL?
posted by francesca at 9:47 AM
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