Yoo subpoena watch is on. Conyers is usually pretty quick on 'em. What time does he usually finish lunch?

So "executive privilege" is becoming "executive branch privilege?"

Is there anything to prevent having these investigations after the next Congress and administration is in place?

Unfortunately, the Constitution does not EXPLICITLY give Congress the power to compel testimony and this is being exploited. Laws have been passed that do that and they have generally upheld by the court. However, Congress then has to rely on the Executive branch to enforce subpoenas. This DoJ obviously will not do that and all that is left is impeachment, which is extremely difficult given the current composition of the Senate.

Conyers and Waxman could be viewed as doing a lot of ground work. I doubt that McCain, should he win in November, is going to have a carefully worked out game plan or VP like Cheney. Is there any reason to believe that McCain has much to gain by protecting members of the prior administration?

The above are just things to consider. Bush will leave office. There will be a different Congress. What is now not possible, may become possible (and vice versa).

Do like the gop did to Clinton.

Send out thousands of subpoenas.

(he'll talk)

should we start a pool on the first rightard blogger to accuse Woo opponents of anti-Asian bigotry?

my money's on Malkin.

The funny thing is, the DOJ didn't stop him from talking to FRONTLINE. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/interviews/yoo.html

And he'll just ignore the subpeona.

There is a very simple and straightforward process to end all this stonewalling. It's called impeachment, which removes the cover of "Executive Priviledge". History is going to look back on these times and determine that Nancy Pelosi was a fool! We might not get to the point that we actually obtain a removal from office from the Senate, but we can certainly get to the truth. And if the rethugs want to protect "their president" in light of the numerous crimes of this administration, they will do so at their own peril. It's time to put impeachment back on the table! Are you listening Nancy?

Yeah, but Yoo gave interviews on his terms, not theirs.

Yoo's following schoolyard rules. He shouted, "Not included" when he got Conyers' letter.

Nyah, nyah!

I'm waiting for the "strongly worded letter." He could get Leahy to help draft it.

The regime knows this. Leaving office won't (shouldn't) save them.

What are their plans?

Bush will probably pardon the lot his last day in Office, then resign and let Cheney pardon him!

That will eliminate any domestic criminal liability, though it shouldn't bar congressional inquiry into the wholesale illegality that Bush and Co. are culpable for. (Hey, they can't plead the 5th).

My consolation is the real risk of international war crimes prosecution these scum face should they leave the US as private citizens. Serves 'em right.

Yoo hoo...all-ee all-ee in come free! Conyers needs to subpoena this war criminal, and when he says, again, no...sorry, I can't come, Conyers needs to call for a committee vote for inherent contempt. Send a couple of Marshals to Berkeley, grab the little prick in the middle of exams, and fly him back to a cell in the Capitol.

Then they do the same to Turdblossom and Harriet.

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What recourse would CA State Attorney General Brown have in compeling Yoo to testify before some type of state judicial court - would there be any state statutes that may have been violated by Yoo writing the torture memos & then apparently being complicit in covering up the torture of the detainees ? Are there any California born detainees that have been subject to torture? Could not the California chapter of the National Lawyers Guild start the state judicial proceedings regarding state laws broken by Yoo. And then would not such proceedings held by AG Brown be a vehicle to start state impeachment proceedings against Mukasey ( I think our dear friend gsb 327 bill/james - tried to misdirect me when he said that state ag 's have no juridiction over federal officials re-impeachment proceedings- but in point of fact a State Attorney General can start an investigation , do discovery , then pass it off to Congress for a full impeachment hearing yes ? ) There just must be some way to get at the these allegations of war crimes that have been committed in We the People's name -
And lets not forget the Yoo memo that says its ok that Bushcheney send United States Armed fORCES members into my domocile with no warrant & no redress in search of terrorist - By golly them's fighting words down here in the Southwest (Paging Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr! )

How about if we just keep all of these as open ongoing investigations until we can get US Attorney General fITZPATRICK sworn in as 2009 . With Special pROSECUTOR Bob Barr making criminal referrals to the Hague !!

Indict this treasonous prick now!

Whether DOJ OLC does or does not "approve" Yoo's cooperation is irrelevant: International War crimes issues have no statute of limitations. However, because 25% of DNC plan to oppose either Obama or Clinton, and support McCain, those 25% are saying, "We want McCain to block war crimes investigations." Time to ask whether you really trust the DNC 25% who have higher loyality to blocking enforcement of Geneva: McCain could very well keep Mukasey as AG. It's premature to act as if the DNC is going to win the White House. Congerss needs to impeach Yoo. The Senate may throw the case out, but an impeachment "proceeding" would deny Yoo of any chance of a pardon for violations of United States laws. If Congress mucks this up, might as well throw the cases to Italy or The Hague.

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Even if Congress did choose to impeach Yoo - how can the Congress start impeachment proceedings against a private citizen -that is no longer in public service ?
And pjwhite530 - we might have to wait two election cycles to get real representation in Congress- but Madam Speaker, Harmon , et al will have primary opponets in 2010 if the Constitution is not duly protected after the 2008 impending democratic election is fully realized. Look what occurred to Congressman Wynn this primary season - The public is slowly but surely waking up to the real crimes that gwb43 have committed and the real threat they pose to our country ...

I assure you, having been a crime victim who involuntarily witnessed first hand:

--TORTURE WITH A DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON IN MY HOME;

--WARRANTLESS BREAKIN, AND INVOLUNTARY SURGICAL PROCEDURE (installation of the NSA Mind Control RFID chip shown on my stolen x-rays) WITH THE ILLEGAL FELONIOUS INSERTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE to knock me out;

--SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND SUBLIMINAL PROGRAMMING AS PART OF SIOUX FALLS, SD, COUNTERINTEL SPECIAL AGENT STEVEN PLUTA's ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL SUBLIMINAL DEBRIEFING;...

1) These neocons are at the end of their rope, and they "make their plans ad hoc" without thinking about future consequences.

2) The Dems in The Senate are a joke...all bought off, extorted, mind controlled, or coerced.

3) The state Atty Generals are like South Dakota's GOP punks (LARRY LONG, MARK BARNETT, DONALD SRSTKA)...in that, they are all GOP stooges who "will not breach national security" to do their jobs. (3 SOUTH DAKOTA MURDERS OF MY KNOWN ASSOCIATES, and 4 attempted murders).

4) Cheney's planning was revealed a while ago...when somehow...THE US AIR FORCE lost a cruise missile...and several USAF personnel mysteriously died from natural cause deaths.

5) The YOO MEMO cannot be understood, with knowing the facts in my case, and "how Torture with NSA Mind Control and DEW" was used to snuff out a Daschle led congressional hearing into the Montana drug conspiracy with money laundered into GOP campaigns by Racicot (GOP Treasurer, former GOP Gov of Montana, number 2 behind Gonzalez on the list after Ashcroft bit the dust...See, my Daschle Campaign Memo illegally seized off of my computer by NSA/CIA/FBI (?).