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Criminals In The Bush White House
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... This evidence would also have been critical for purposes of assessing the reliability of confessions or other information secured from persons who were tortured. The evidence was sought in the New York FOIA litigation and in other court cases, and it would have been essential for any prosecution of the persons covered. But more importantly, it would serve as essential evidence in the forthcoming prosecutions of the Bush Administration torture conspirators. Yesterday we also learned this: ...the 2002 memorandum — one of seven previously ...

More evidence of Bush Administration abuse
Newshoggers.com — ... and multiple drafts that allowed OPR to reconstruct how the memos were crafted. In a departure from the norm, (OPR head, H. Marshall) Jarrett also told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee last year he would inform them of his findings and would "consider" releasing a public version. If he does, it could be the most revealing public glimpse yet at how some of the major decisions of Bush-era counterterrorism policy were made. The Washington Independent looked closely at ...

Rep. Nadler Says Holder’s Torture Investigation Should Examine Cheney
Think Progress — ... set out by the Bush administration. Human Rights Watch responded to the announcement by imploring Holder to go further and investigate those who “planned, authorized, and facilitated the use of abusive methods.” As constitutional attorney and blogger Glenn Greenwald has noted, Holder’s investigation would effectively immunize interrogators who complied with the Bush administration’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) interrogation memos, which authorized brutal torture, and ensure that White House officials who authorized torture ...