Yawn stretch scratch coffee, I need coffee….OMG THE HEARINGS!
Hey C-span is working for once!
Leahy finally feeling redeemed for all his hard work in opposing the Bushco Crimes, yay! Too bad he never got anything actually done and shit.
Specter is DEFINITELY a Lizard Person! What an ass what an ass what an ass….
Good for Warner, crossing party lines to endorse! hmmmmmaybe this post- partisan scam that Obama is perpetrating will work!!! Oh yeah it’s not a scam, damn, that would have been a REALLY good scam!
Blah blah blah….mmmm Coffee GOOD!
Holder speaks! Icky, too much God stuff, but oh well….oh wait Civil Rights! Face down George Wallace! RIP Medger. Strokes DOJ employees, good politics!
I should check out other liveblogs..Edger! Downing St! Dkos! Go bloggers!
Holder speaks! More Hey! I am not parsing each word for lies, does that mean I have been suckered? Or does that mean that is it not OBVIOUS as it was with Gonzo et al and so my radar isn’t going off? Turn up radar, don’t get suckered..
Admits he makes mistakes!!!!!! When was the last time a Bushie admitted mistakes, wow! Will represent The People!!! wow nice to hear at least.
Leahy WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE, DO YOU AGREE???
I AGREE, WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE WOOOOO HOOO!
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!
caps lock off….move below fold now but already….
tired of typing will steal from Swanson’s liveblog at Downing St…..
10:29 Leahy: is “waterboarding” torture and illegal?Holder: yes, it is torture.
Leahy: Can other nations legally torture Americans?
Holder: No.
Leahy: Can President of the United States immunize acts of torture?
Holder: Nobody is above the law. President has Constitutional obligation to enforce the laws. We have laws and treaties. The president acts most forcefully and has the greatest power when consistent with Congressional intent and directives. The president does NOT have the power that you have indicated.
Leahy: Washington Post yesterday reported that the top Bush Admin. official on military commissions says we tortured a detainee.
THERE IT IS. NOW HOW CAN HOLDER POSSIBLY SAY NO TO PROSECUTION AND STILL CLAIM TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW?
Leahy doing great pre-emptively stealing Specters points to defuse, hahahaha!
Radar still not going off….want more coffee don;t want to stop watching tho!
Ok coffee wins
Specter…..damn, gonna vomit up all that coffee! What waste of a good blueberry muffin!
whew, gag instinct repressed as Holder smacks. him. down! NO THAT IS NOT CORRECT….teehee
Gitmo WILL close! No I am not sure what to do with the huge mess that Bush made by opening it. we will figure something out that is not based on tyranny.
Not real happy with Patriot act answers….stream of consciousness fading…
OK, can’t keep this up….will steal more from Swanson..
11:17 BREAK—-
11:37 They’re back.
11:38 Feinstein’s up. She’s asking about DOJ IG reports on politicized hiring and firing.
11:40 Holder says he hasn’t read the report but opposes such practices.
Feinstein: this documents lying to this committee, and that’s a violation of law. The DOJ should take action.
Holder: prosecutors in DC have made a determination. I will review that determination. I will want to know why the determination was made not to pursue criminal charges.
THAT’S TWO COMMITMENTS NOW TO PROSECUTE OR GO BACK ON THE SPIRIT OF EVERYTHING BEING SAID HERE.
Feinstein: Can we restrict interrogation to govt employees, not mercenaries?
Holder: I’d like to (but non-commital).
Orrin Hatch: Does president have authority to engage in warrantless surveillance?
Holder: No one is above the law. (THERE’S THREE.) But if Congress passes a law that is unconstitutional, then the president has the ability to act contrary to a Congressional dictate. 🙁 (WOW – there’s support for signing statements). In case of FISA, president should have worked with Congress.
12:02 Feingold: lawyers at DOJ and WH and OVP wrote memos that were clearly illegal. Will you make a break with the past? What is your view of the Presiden’t Constitutional authority to authorize violations of the law?
12:03 Holder: the president does not have that power.
Feingold: Does president have authority to authorize illegal warrantless wiretaps?
Holder: (He stammers and stutters and calls it a hypothetical but basically says) No.
Feingold: Anything in FISA statute that makes you believe president has authority to violate the FISA statute.
Holder: No.
Sigh, I am out of gas….
Oh wait here is Schumer with a gas refill!
Schumer self congratulatory….but makes good cites…..OOOH SMACKS DOWN GONZO AND BUSH BIG TIME! YAY!
I still hate Schumer tho!
Ok break.
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I am VERY encouraged, so far.
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I cannot turn them on as it blows my mind to listen to these blowhards discuss what is right and what is wrong. After this long to hear the dance of legal weaseling and parsing ( there’s a word!) with outcomes of immense consequences being feed trough the political same system that allowed this is too painful so I will get it filtered through the budhy.