Holder to prosecute Bush administration?
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Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether the CIA violated laws regarding torture while interrogating terrorism suspects. We look at the legal feasibility—while the likelihood of getting convictions is slim, would it send a symbolic message about the country’s stance on torture? Or could it cause even more distraction and partisan bickering at a time when President Obama is trying to win support for health care reform?
Guests:
Greg Miller, co-author of The Interrogators: Inside the Secret War Against Al Qaeda (Little, Brown and Company) and national security correspondent for the Los Angeles Times
John Eastman, Dean of Chapman University School of Law
David Cole, professor at Georgetown University Law Center, a volunteer staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights and a legal affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine; author of Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism; Terrorism and the Constitution; and No Equal Justice
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