Iraq Reviews > The ”˜Ruthless Little Bastard’ Who Won’t Go Away

Grouchy’s Liberaltopia[Grouchy’s Liberaltopia] Before, I was concerned that even if he were impeached, Bush might claim some illegal loophole to stay president, as he’s done with warrantless eavesdropping, torture and detaining U.S. citizens without due process. He would then, as commander-in-chief, order the U.S. military to keep him in office, making our government a military junta.

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http://thecommonills.blogspot.com [The Common Ills] And the war drags on . . . (Indymedia Roundup): I have satisfied myself that the actions of the armed forces with the deployment of troops were an illegal act -- as indeed was the conflict. To comply with an order that I believe unlawful places me in breach of domestic and international law, something I am not prepared to do.

[Time.blogs.com] Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: The disturbing story of an Iraqi cameraman thrown in Abu Ghraib by U.S. soldiers as a terrorist suspect, and ultimately cleared, after a year, because there was not a shred of evidence against him. The Pentagon had first given off-the-record briefings accusing him of being a terrorist.

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com [Glenngreenwald.blogspot.com] Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: FISA and Warrantless ...: Yoo wrote that threats of death are permissible if they do not threaten "imminent death," and that drugs designed to disrupt the personality may be administered so long as they do not "penetrate to the core of an individual's ability to perceive the world around him." He said that the law prohibiting torture did not prevent interrogators from inflicting mental harm so long as it was not "prolonged." Physical pain could be inflicted so long as it was less severe than the pain associated with "serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com [Huffingtonpost.com] The Blog | Miles Mogulescu: Bush May Be Crossing the Rubicon From ...: The Administration's rationale for warrantless wiretapping could justify the reinstatement of any or all of the illegal activities of the old COINTELPRO Program and the Watergate burglars. Even Nixon's lawyers never claimed a constitutional power for the President to act unilaterally in war time without regard to the Congress and the Courts (although Nixon once famously said, "If the President does it it's not illegal.") Bush provides the rationale to go even further.

[Jimbovard.com] BOVARD: When he was White House counsel, Alberto Gonzales spoke of a “commander-in-chief override” to justify scorning the Anti-Torture Act.The Bush .

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