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Originally Posted by aceventura3
If anyone seriously shared the view that Bush broke laws and now Obama is restoring and following the rule of law why aren't they taking legal action against Bush? When will the reasoning presented above stop, it is no longer taken serious. It was possible to take serious when Obama took office and when Holder made his proclamation that what he thought occurred during the Bush years was actually torture and illegal but he did nothing. If he is not going to uphold the law as you see it , why aren't you calling for his resignation? It is not about the law, it is about bashing Bush - it is old. Then add in the class of Bush by being silent regarding the challenges of the current administration, the Bush bashing makes those doing it look small.
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Obama's first act was an executive order to end enhanced interrogation and estraordinary rendition to countries with less than honorable legal systems of justice. An early commitment was to close Gitmo, which unfortunately, he could not do as a result of being blocked by Republicans in the Senate.
Bush created his own definitions of detainees and enhanced interrogation techniques to skirt the law. The Bush DoJ attorneys who wrote the questionable opinions were reprimanded by the Bush DoJ IG for inserting political interests into legal opinions that should have been solely on the points of law.
The question of prosecuting Bush remains. Many think the current DoJ should go forward.
I think it would tear the country apart and can live with the fact that Obama has overturned the worst of Bush's practices (while continuing other practices with which I disagree).
The greatest danger to the country is not terrorism, but extremists in positions of power who put their ideology and short term political interests above the law (and their followers, like you, my friend) who continue to justify their actions.