Thanks for posting....
I miss your daily posts!!! You are always clear, cogent, concise.....You consistently nail the political premise/implication of the issue discussed.....
Hope your sabbatical is going well...Regards.....
Posted by Paul Bua at December 19, 2007 11:21 AMApparently, it started in an electrical closet, so I guess they were prolly deleting emails or something.
When I first heard this story, I thought of the recent spate of fires set in restrooms around the hill, which turned out to be a security person! Unbelievable.
Posted by iamcoyote at December 19, 2007 11:47 AM"wanted the tapes burned" Please see photo with this post :-)
hi steve.
18 USC 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
18 USC 1505 - Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies and committees,
18 USC 1512 - Obstruction of criminal investigations,
18 USC 2340A - Torture,
18 USC 2441 - War crimes.
Maybe the grownups and very serious people should appoint a Special Prosecutor to check into this. You know, just to lay uninformed commentary, venomous innuendo, scurrilous insinuation and unfounded accusation to rest. After all, public servants of such demonstrated high moral character as Harriet Miers, John Bellinger, Alberto Gonzales and David Addington obviously have nothing to hide that would blemish their sterling reputations.
No doubt they would welcome the opportunity to have theirs actions widely recognized and suitably rewarded. "Bring it on," they say, as would any honorable executor of public trust. So say I, so say we all, "Bring it on."
Posted by Pvt. Keepout at December 19, 2007 12:29 PMThe NYT went farther today, claiming that a senior former intelligence official with direct knowledge of the 2003-2005 discussions (Tenet, McLaughlin, Negroponte?) said that some in the White House wanted the tapes burned, a claim the White House disputes
(emphasis mine)
There is nothing in the White House statement to support this comment by you, Steve. As has been pointed out at TPM, this is *not* what the WH is disputing.
They are disputing a much more sideline, minor thing...whether or not they had earlier made wrong or misleading comments about this story. It remains significant that they are not denying the actual point of the story itself, which is that those four WH lawyers were among the group that discussed the destruction of the tapes.
Think you are getting ahead of yourself here.
Posted by Nash at December 19, 2007 12:59 PMOh come on, you know that Lawyer of the Year Gonzo and Cheney's man Addington CERTAINLY demanded that the torture tapes be preserved!!
What a circus.
Posted by euzoius at December 19, 2007 01:16 PMsteve, glad to 'see you' again.
was it the fire sale over at the VP's office that brings you back? lol
some will argue over Nero's being slightly out of tune while all of Rome burns.
Posted by michael72 at December 19, 2007 04:41 PMIt is good to see you, Steve, very good, thank you for stopping by. The place is not the same with you gone.
The story does not surprise me; these felons have done just as worse 40 times now.
The symbolism reminds me of the disrepair that Harry Truman found in the WH his first term. The huge renovation job required was kept a close secret until after the election; it was well known what would happen with the jokes and ridicule that Truman would face with the WH falling apart on his term.
[The Trumans loved the residence they stayed in at WH renovation; Truamn's mother was finally not on the scene and they broke the bed. Really.]
It's totally appropriate here, of course, the felons burned the constitution long ago.
Posted by paradox at December 19, 2007 04:58 PMI can hear the WH already....we can't produce those torture tapes and related memos because they were destroyed in the NSA office fire.
Posted by brisa at December 19, 2007 05:34 PM