Why don't you read the actual memo?

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Larry J — 6/10/2004 9:52:47 PM (archived)

I just found it online here. It's a 49 page PDF file of scanned pages, so cut and paste doesn't work here. I've only had time to skim the first 20 pages. All I saw were definitions of the treaty terms and citations of legal precedents. They go on to give their opinion based on their interpretation of the law. Good God Almight! We can't have lawyers doing that! We gotta clean house!

Once again, this whole issue is much ado about nothing. Someone asked a bunch of lawyers what the law and treaties said. They answered. Big freaking deal. There are those who strongly disagree with the legal reasoning of the memo and they may have good points. Ultimately, this appears to be as inconsequential as the so-called smoking gun presidential briefing memo that came out during the 9-11 hearings.

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US 'not bound by torture laws' - Derek - 6/8/2004 2:30:10 AM
- Memo Offered Justification for Use of Torture - Jack Herer - 6/8/2004 8:26:37 PM
- A legal opinion... - Larry J - 6/8/2004 6:06:59 PM
  - re: A legal opinion... - Chris Vancil - 6/10/2004 3:33:21 PM
  - Can you say, "stonewall"? - Fox - 6/8/2004 10:59:52 PM
    - Executive Privilege dates back to George Washington - Larry J - 6/9/2004 4:13:30 AM
      - Only one problem with that in this specific instance - Tony - 6/10/2004 1:48:56 PM
        
        Subpoena is the trigger - Fox - 6/10/2004 4:36:19 PM
      - Of course it does - Fox - 6/9/2004 3:41:45 PM
        
        "Torture" has a vague definition - Larry J - 6/9/2004 3:57:07 PM
        
        Nonsense - alcaray - 6/9/2004 4:33:16 PM
        
        The definitions of torture from the treaties themselves - Larry J - 6/9/2004 4:57:27 PM
        
        More weasling - Fox - 6/10/2004 4:08:24 PM
        
        Now that's a stretch - Larry J - 6/10/2004 4:51:04 PM
        
        re: a stretch - Fox - 6/10/2004 5:59:01 PM
        
        Why don't you read the actual memo? - Larry J - 6/10/2004 9:52:47 PM
        
        Sounds specific to me - alcaray - 6/9/2004 5:55:27 PM
  - This is simply an administration that changes the laws to suit their agendas - Lindy - 6/8/2004 7:53:36 PM
    - re: This is simply an administration that changes the laws to suit their agendas - Aaron - 6/8/2004 10:37:51 PM
- What kind of a moron would go to the Pentagon for either legal or moral advice? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/8/2004 4:20:46 PM
  - re: Hum...it would seem the senior JAG officers refused to give Bush what he wanted and then he asked GOP cronies for "advice"...there is more than one memo...As I said before...Bush is AMORAL. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/10/2004 3:22:29 PM
- What's wrong with this picture?..... - Publius - 6/8/2004 1:16:57 PM
- And Cheney/bush is prosecuting a few ENLISTED personnel. - Bowser - 6/8/2004 3:19:04 AM

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