Scott Horton of The Daily Beast and article titled Torture Prosecution Turnaround?
Horton believes the Attorney General is leaning towards an appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the Bush-era torture policy. His article discusses why Ho9lder might be considering the problem with new logic (Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod had advised against it initially as it would be a distraction to the major issues that Obama's administration held as priority issues, such as health care when he first took office). It would seem that
He writes: "But, then, Holder decided to take a close, personal look at the issues, and his perspective began to change. Holder is said to have been closely engaged with three sets of documents—a group of memoranda from the Bush-era Office of Legal Counsel, since repudiated by the Justice Department; the report of the Office of Professional Responsibility on these memoranda, which has been on his desk, awaiting review and release for months; and the report of the CIA’s inspector general reviewing in great detail the actual techniques used, guidance given by the Justice Department, and results or lack of results obtained. "
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Horton believes the Attorney General is leaning towards an appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the Bush-era torture policy. His article discusses why Ho9lder might be considering the problem with new logic (Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod had advised against it initially as it would be a distraction to the major issues that Obama's administration held as priority issues, such as health care when he first took office). It would seem that
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| Eric Holder, Attorney General |
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