There Is A God

And his name will hopefully be Eric Holder. The Office of Professional Responsibility at the justice department has release a report stating that criminal investigations into torture should be reopened. (They were closed by Bush.)

From the NY Times:

"Mr. Holder, who questioned the thoroughness of previous inquiries by the Justice Department, is expected to announce within days his decision on whether to appoint a prosecutor to conduct a new investigation; in legal circles, it is believed to be highly likely that he will go forward with a fresh criminal inquiry."

He better or America is definitely doomed to repeat its past.

Update: And he did it. Eric Holder has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate torture. The only problem is that he has put limitations on the prosecutor. Allowing him/her to only go after the torturers. Which is unfair. The prosecutor also needs to go after the officials and lawyers who conjured up this whole mess to begin with.

Dick Told CIA To Conceal Program. Could Lead To Special Prosecutor

The movement to investigate the Bush/Cheney administration just got a shot in the arm over the weekend with a couple of stories.

First, as reported here, Director of the CIA Leon Panetta told congress that they had misled/lied to congress about programs.

Second, it was revealed in that same briefing by Leon that Cheney told the CIA not to inform congress about special programs. Which is illegal.

Last, with the new information about all this illegal stuff, Eric Holder is seriously considering a special prosecutor to investigate.

I feel the drip drips of the Bush/Cheny Whitehouse have now turned into a slow pour. As I have said before, this is too huge and drips will suck all news/headlines. There needs to be an investigation to save Obama's agenda.