Shame on You Eric Holder!
by Mike on Aug.25, 2009, under Political
Why is it that whenever things start going badly for the Obama administration, they pull out the old “pile on Bush” tactic to obfuscate and misdirect the focus of the public? With the proposed health care legislation meeting strong resistance from the American people, it is time to redirect our focus so Attorney General has announced he is opening an investigation into CIA interrogation abuses. Of course this was accompanied by the obligatory statement from the President that we “look forward and not backward when it comes to issues such as these” and that “ultimately, the decisions on who is investigated and who is prosecuted are up to the attorney general.”
Interestingly enough, this announcement came on the same day that documents requested by Dick Cheney confirming the effectiveness of the enhanced interrogation techniques were released. These documents apparently paint a picture that these techniques directly saved lives.
So help me understand. Eric Holder wants to go after CIA personnel who used these techniques to obtain information which did save lives, yet he is willing to drop charges against some New Black Panthers who engaged in voter intimidation in the November election on camera?
Seems like a case of very misplaced priorities.
August 25th, 2009 on 9:23 am
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