That long-awaited report on the Justice Department's role in the Bush administration's torture program could finally be ready to see the light of day.
During his testimony before Congress today, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the report, by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility, is "in its last stages," and that he expects it will be released by the end of the month.
Watch:
The OPR report, five years in the making, is focused in part on whether Bush DOJ lawyers violated laws or internal guidelines when they wrote memos that approved torture. The Washington Post reported in May that a draft of the report recommended disciplinary action by state bar associations -- though not, apparently, criminal prosecution -- against former DOJ lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee.
And in August, the New York Times reported that the study recommends reopening nearly a dozen prisoner abuse cases, some of which involve the death of detainees in U.S. custody.
So: What's the betting that we get this report right around 4:30pm on November 27 -- the Friday after Thanksgiving?

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planetsean
November 18, 2009 2:10 PM
Justice Blitzer must be aghast!
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jcbeeno
November 18, 2009 2:25 PM
Haha and rest assured it will be full of lies and nonsense.
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Dorn76
November 18, 2009 2:39 PM in reply to jcbeeno
Spammer, be gone.
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traitorjoe
November 18, 2009 2:38 PM
Waiting for this is like being waterboarded. Release the hounds!
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The Decider
November 18, 2009 2:40 PM
The report has been delayed...
but we are busy browbeating the writers to rush up...
we told them to break a leg...
writing these reports is always a painful process...
you know, holding your breath won't help...
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apodaca
November 18, 2009 4:58 PM
You forgot the part about holding their feet to the fire.
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johnnydoughey
November 18, 2009 6:51 PM
good... finally... more non results.
Unless our elected leaders decide to prosecute, this is just another nail in our coffin as we continue our downhill slide...
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Johann
November 19, 2009 2:26 PM
Holder ewxpects it to be released by the end of the month.
Amazing how expectations can change once he sees how damning the redacted parts of this report really are.
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johnhkennedy
November 30, 2009 5:05 PM
OK.... IT IS THE END OF THE MONTH.
WHERE'S THE REPORT
OR WILL THE COVER UP OF BUSH & CHENEY's TORTURE CONSPIRACY
BY OUR DEMOCRATS
GO ON UNTIL THEY GET UN-ELECTED in 2010 ?
Sign the Petition
Calling for Torture Prosecutions.
http://ANGRYVOTERS.org
..
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