Badges - Re: Interesting.....
- From: "D. MOORE" <dmortex@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:29:41 -0700 (PDT)
There was a good article in NRA First Freedom about the US involvement in
gun-running to Mexico. Too convoluted to give a synopsis here, but once again
Barry and the boys do whatever they please and then blame it on R's, George
Bush or in this case honest US gun dealers. The next presidential election
can't come too soon.
--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Christopher Karney <chk8093@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Christopher Karney <chk8093@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Badges - Re: Interesting.....
To: "badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Badges 1Badge" <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 9:13 PM
Eric Holder will stop at nothing to advance his (and Barry's) warped,
anti-American agenda. Both of them must be stopped in next year's elections
at all costs.
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On Jun 30, 2011, at 20:36, Charles Rahn <c.t.rahn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
This gov't of ours needs to be changed, starting with Osama Obama. I don't care
how these terrorists died, as long as they are dead. Read on:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/30/justice-department-to-conduct-full-probe-cia-interrogations/
Justice Department Launches
Criminal Probe Into Deaths During CIA Interrogations
Published June 30, 2011
| FoxNews.com
<CIA interrogation graphic.jpg>
CIA logo over the White House
building. (AP)
The Justice
Department is moving forward with criminal investigations relating
to CIA interrogations of two detainees who died in the agency's
custody.
The decision, announced Thursday by Attorney General Eric
Holder, is the result of a nearly two-year preliminary review into the
Bush-era interrogations by prosecutor John Durham. Though the secretive
probe has drawn fierce criticism from Republicans since it began,
Holder reiterated Thursday that he will not abandon it.
In a statement, Holder said the review looked mostly at
"whether any unauthorized interrogation techniques were used by CIA
interrogators, and if so, whether such techniques could constitute
violations of the torture statute or any other applicable statute."
Though the review now triggers a full investigation into two
deaths, Holder indicated Justice would drop its review of the other
cases.
"Mr. Durham and his team reviewed a tremendous volume of
information pertaining to the detainees. ... Mr. Durham has advised me
of the results of his investigation, and I have accepted his
recommendation to conduct a full criminal investigation regarding the
death in custody of two individuals. Those investigations are ongoing,"
Holder said. "The department has determined that an expanded criminal
investigation of the remaining matters is not warranted."
The investigation into CIA practices, first announced in August
2009, outraged some lawmakers concerned about the precedent the Obama
administration could set by investigating the war-time actions of its
predecessor. Republican lawmakers revived calls to drop the probe
altogether after Usama bin Laden was killed in a CIA-led raid in
Pakistan, claiming Bush-era interrogations played a part in tracking
him down.
Outgoing CIA Director Leon Panetta noted in a statement that,
of the two cases singled out for investigation Thursday, both "were
previously reviewed by career federal prosecutors who subsequently
declined prosecution."
Still, he said "no decision" has been made about bringing
criminal charges and pledged CIA cooperation.
"The agency will, of course, continue to cooperate fully in the
remaining investigations," he said. "On this, my last day as director,
I welcome the news that the broader inquiries are behind us. "
With Panetta leaving, the Senate on Thursday voted to confirm
Gen. David Petraeus as his replacement.
Holder did not identify the two death cases that will be
further investigated. But former and current U.S. officials who
requested anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation said Durham was
looking at the deaths of Gul Rahman and Manadel al-Jamadi.
Rahman died in the early hours of Nov. 20, 2002 after being
shackled to a cold cement wall in a secret CIA prison in northern
Kabul, Afghanistan, known as the Salt Pit. He was suspected of links to
the terrorist group Al Qaeda.
Al-Jamadi died in 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The
death has been known to the public for years and a military autopsy
declared al-Jamadi's death a homicide.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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