...and so it begins ... a smear campaign against the GOP and especially the Bush administration. Is it a coincidence that this information was released as "W"'s brother Jeb is considering a presidential run? Granted this is directed at Cheney but it will have implications on "W" as well.
NYT to Obama: Appoint prosecutor to investigate Cheney for torture"On the heels of the Senate Intelligence Committee's blistering report on the CIA's brutal handling of prisoners after 9/11, the New York Times is calling for a criminal investigation of former Vice President Dick Cheney and other members of the Bush administration for conspiring to commit torture and other crimes prohibited by federal and international laws...
...In its editorial, the Times said the "sadistic" techniques outlined in the committee's report "are, simply, crimes. They are prohibited by federal law, which defines torture as the intentional infliction of 'severe physical or mental pain or suffering.' They are also banned by the Convention Against Torture, the international treaty that the United States ratified in 1994 and that requires prosecution of any acts of torture."...
...The Times' editorial board is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate Cheney; David Addington, Cheney's former chief of staff; former CIA Director George Tenet; and John Yoo and Jay Bybee, the lawyers "who drafted what became known as the torture memos"; Jose Rodriguez Jr., the CIA official "who ordered the destruction of the videotapes"; psychologists who devised the torture regimen; and any CIA employees who carried it out.
But the paper doubts Obama has "the political courage to order a new investigation," much less "a criminal probe of the actions of a former president."...
http://news.yahoo.com/nyt-prosecute-dick-cheney-cia-torture-174154702.html
