Comments on: Should Bush Administration Officials be Prosecuted?

By: Tom M

Tom M — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:08:18 +0000

Torture? What torture?

Radical Muslim Extremists laugh at what we call “torture”:

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=31669

Debate? What debate…

By: Tom Grover

Tom Grover — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:58:48 +0000

I am no fan of President Bush.

However, we should only be prosecuting the officials of any former administration where the violation of the law is absolutely clear. That means we need to accept that what is careless, negligent, sloppy, incompetent and even downright unethical might not be illegal.

When we start prosecuting former officials without restraint, we will effect how future administrations and their people behave. While we want to give them the lattitude to perform their jobs effectively and with autonomy, we also don’t want them breaking the law.

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:41:44 +0000

Any violators of the law should be prosecuted. It’s ridiculous that there’s even the thought of prosecution being taken off the table for gross wrongdoing by the former administration. While I think that the state of the economy is more pressing at the moment, these things absolutely need to be looked into.

By: Grumpy

Grumpy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:23:05 +0000

Im glad to see rmwarnick and Tyler get to the important point here. We need only to determine if laws in which this country agreed to uphold and operate by, were violated. If they were, then WHOMEVER the violator(s) is, prosecution is needed.

For anyone to claim that it somehow doesn’t matter if those laws were broken, or it’s somehow justified…they are basically throwing out all laws of the land.

By: Tyler Riggs

Tyler Riggs — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:07:34 +0000

If a given Bush administration official (or any other official) violated a law, then yes, they should absolutely be prosecuted. If prosecution is going to be used as a political statement only and not as a means to deliver justice for a violation of the law, then no, we should not prosecute.

By: rmwarnick

rmwarnick — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:55:46 +0000

If in fact we going to restore the rule of law, then it is impossible for President Obama to offer immunity to torturers and torture conspirators. Only the politicization of the Department of Justice during the Bush administration prevented the appointment of a special prosecutor to enforce the laws regarding torture.