Accountability Update 1/19/09

Holtzman: Investigate, Prosecute, Reform
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090202/holtzman

McGovern: Hayden Threatens Obama Against Torture Prosecution
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/011509b.html

Leopold: Hayden Lies about Obama Promise of Non-Prosecution
http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/631-obama-aides-dispute-cia-chiefs-comments-about-torture-probes.html

Mukasey Warns Torturers and Lawyers Could be Prosecuted
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123214439576391669.html

Krugman: Failure to Prosecute Will Guarantee Future Repeats
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/opinion/16krugman.html

Greenwald: Torture Prosecution is Not Discretionary
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/01/18/prosecutions/index.html

Lithwick/Sands: Torture Finding Forces Obama to Prosecute
http://www.slate.com/id/2208688/

Klein: Holder Must Appoint Special Prosecutor for Torture
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/01/some-drama-for-obama-bush-must-be.html

Swanson: Holder Must Prosecute Torture, Perjury, Wiretaps
http://www.democrats.com/holder-must-prosecute-torture-perjury-wiretaps

Neiwert: O'Reilly Freaks Out over Torture Prosecution
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/oreilly-freaks-out-over-thought-hold

Greenwald: Washington Unites Against Torture Prosecutions
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/01/15/ignatius/index.html

Digby: All of Washington Was Complicit in Torture
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/cya-by-digby-other-day-i-wondered-why.html

Leopold: Bybee/Yoo Face Rebuke, But What About Prosecution?
http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/625-doj-watchdog-still-probing-yoobybee-torture-memo.html

bmaz: Obama Must Remove "Appendix M" from Army Field Manual
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/19/obama-the-crawford-torture-admission-the-army-field-manual-lie/

Ackerman: Jeh Johnson Promises Pentagon Torture Review
http://washingtonindependent.com/25672/some-legal-specifics-on-detainees-interrogations-from-dods-johnson

bmaz: Judge Crawford's Torture Declaration is an "Admission Against Interest"
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/15/the-us-torture-regime-where-is-the-swift-justice/

De Groot: Obama's Hedging on CIA Torture is Unacceptable
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10967

Fisher: Human Rights Groups Push Obama
http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/630-obama-torture-and-the-first-100-days-.html

Fisher: ACLU Pushes Obama on Gitmo
http://www.pubrecord.org/torture/621-fate-of-guantanamo-detainees-unclear.html

Smith: Child Soldiers at Gitmo
http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/17/forgive-us-our-trespasses-child-soldiers-at-gitmo-and-the-rule-of-law/

Ito: Obama Should Stop Military Commission Trial of Omar Khadr
http://crooksandliars.com/suzanne-ito/ask-obama-when-will-it-end

looseheadprop: Holder Should Release Jawad from Gitmo
http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/15/question-for-holder-do-you-believe-the-government-should-stop-the-appeal-in-the-jawad-case/

Amato: Maj. David Frakt of the Military Commissions defends Mohammed Jawad
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/air-force-major-david-frakt-military-co

Bowers: Will Sheldon Whitehouse Support Conyers Investigation?
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11003

Hamsher: Whitehouse Wants Prosecution of Liars to Congress
http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/16/does-obama-want-one-law-for-scooter-and-illegals-oh-noes/

Leopold: Pelosi Supports Investigations, Possibly Prosecution
http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/632-in-surprise-reversal-pelosi-now-signals-support-for-bush-probes.html

Wheeler: FISA + EO 12333 + [redacted] procedures = No Fourth Amendment
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/18/fisa-eo-12333-redacted-procedures-no-fourth-amendment/

Leopold: Yoo/Delahunty Memos Were Blueprint for Warrantless Wiretapping
http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/626-doj-memos-contained-blueprints-for-bushs-warrantless-spy-program.html

Terkel: Cheney Thinks US and Iraqi Deaths Were Worth the Invasion
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/14/cheney-war-killed/

Cernig: Pentagon Pushes Debunked "Returning To Terror" Hype
http://crooksandliars.com/cernig/pentagon-pushes-debunked-returning-terror-h

Huffington: Obama Can Move Forward and Also Look Back
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/memo-to-obama-moving-forw_b_157563.html

Billmon: Flushing the Cheney Administration Down the Memory Hole
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/12/205459/640/86/683340

Swanson: Definitive Books Detail Hundreds of Crimes by Bush
http://www.democrats.com/node/18800

Kagro X: Criminalizing politics? Or politicizing crime?
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/18/1702/23315/661/684799

Greenwald: Appeals Court Upholds Legal Wiretapping Only
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/01/15/fisa/index.html

Dershowitz: Bush Would Be Acquitted with Jack Bauer Defense
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/another-good-reason-for-n_b_158392.html