When American voters didn't elect George Bush as president in 2000 and again in 2004, they sensed that he lacked the brain power, temperament and character necessary for high office. But even those among us who thought worst of him - count me in - perhaps failed to imagine that his puerile, sophomoric smugness and intellectual indifference were predictive of much beyond a kind of frat boy, rat-tail-snapping petty sadism. Yet it proves to be the case that he is capable of the kind of sociopathic moral indifference that would predispose him to surrounding himself with the kinds of people whose twisted decisionmaking would lead to this. Sorry as it is for the country, our vindication needs to involve these people upheld throughout history as an aberration...utter war criminals, no better than Nazis.

In a secret report? Why is everything such a secret when discussing the transgretions of this administration. What happened to all of those so-called original intent constitutionalist who sit on their hands while their buddies break law, after law. Where is that liberal leaning media and why would they rather talk about terriost fist bumps, then even mention Dennis Kucinich reading articles of impeachment on the house floor yesterday. This country gets more screwed up everyday and it's whiners like Phil (blame the little people) Gramm and his ilk that are doing it! Breath-in... I feel much better!

The FCC used to limit media ownership within a particular market. That regulation was changed and now allows a single corporation to own - and thereby control - too much of what the public sees and hears from the media. What we used to call a "journalist" is no longer seen on television or heard on the radio. They've been replaced with talking heads that do what they're told by their corporate masters. Corporations own our politicians and they now own the media. God help us if they get complete control of the internet.

I'm not trying to infer that we shouldn't take all necesary steps to defend the country, but did you ever wonder about the percentage of this renditions thing being more of a world class collection of Don Seigelman types?

One point not mentioned enough (in my opinion) is that Bush could never have accomplished any of this without help from those folks who continued to vote money for him. some of those voted because they believed in his ideals. they were republicans. Others (the democrats) voted money for hime either because they believed in him or because their jobs and status were more important than America and the lives of innocent folks (many of them under the age of five).

Here we are now, many of us having voted for democrats who promised us change, and they have succeeded. We now have MORE democrats in Congress and Senate who support torture than we did before the great turnover.

I completely disagree with those who believe the democrats in power are any better than the republicans. ANYONE not wanting to send Bush and ALL the others to prison for life, after seeing and receiving the reports concerning torture, BELIEVE in torture.

Civilized human beings DO NOT condone torture. They DO NOT allow torture to continue, and they DO NOT resist prosecuting those who torture!!

What civilized people do is WHATEVER it takes to STOP torture and punish those who do not belong in a civilized world.

Our esteem representatives, however have decided that allowing these behaviors to continue is worth much more than the lives of a few thousand children. THESE people we voted in are helping MURDERERS, folks. Their salaries, and their important status is ALL they care about, and they (meaning the democrtats we elected) have already send thousands more to their deaths!

... and We are just as much to blame if WE vote to keep these murders in office... and just allow them to appease us with their little investigations and asking the administration to do this and that without actually DOING anything but wasting time untill the culprits are gone and out of sight and mind.

If ANONE NOT connected with Washington were to disgrace this country in the same way, does any one of you actually believe Congress would just continue to ask you to please comply? Of course not! They are just PLAYING us for fools. Any they can do this because we ARE fools! IMHO

well said!

Please, dear God, let the next United States Congress and United States Senate enact a law that those who committed war crimes during the Bush administration must be transported to the Hague for the eventual, thankfully inevitable, trials for war crimes.

That goes up to and including that degraded pig George W. Bush.

A pig like Bush will of course probably escape any reckoning--he'll be busy stealing more money from the pockets of the poor in his new position as C.E.O. or board member at Halliburton. But some of his goons will be sure to be caught in the net they themselves created.

So...WHEN WILL THE TRIALS BE??? IN TEN YEARS?? TWENTY??

A pig like Bush will of course probably escape any reckoning--he'll be busy stealing more money from the pockets of the poor in his new position as C.E.O. or board member at Halliburton. But some of his goons will be sure to be caught in the net they themselves created.

Oh, I think they'll be prosecuted for war crimes. But by an international tribunal, like other world leaders (Milosovic, etc.). When is happens is the question.

It's a widely held belief around the world that the U.S. has gotten away with criminal activity. So if a former Gitmo captive were to sue in international court, supported by a Human Rights group or his country of origin, I don't think he'd be ignored. They wouldn't go after a sitting American administration, and it's unlikely Bush himself would ever serve time (he's still Bush) but he would be charged, and people would go to jail.

For a man that's so concerned about his legacy, he'd be remembered as the War Crime President.