Holder v. Bush?
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Attorney General Eric Holder seems to have fulfilled the wishes of millions of critics of the Bush Administration: today he announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may have violated anti-torture laws when they threatened terrorism suspects. While it sounds like a wholesale investigation into Bush-era terrorism policies is at hand, the truth is President Obama and his Attorney General are being much more cautious in their approach. Will any high-profile Bush Administration members see the inside of a court room?
Guests:
Scott Silliman, professor of national security law & executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics & National Security at Duke Law School
- Patt Morrison for August 24, 2009
- Another Two Trillion in the Hole!
- Holder v. Bush?
- Progress Possible without a Team Leader?
- Julia Child
- Bagging Tagging – Going Too Far?
- To Spank or Not to Spank?
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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