The Raw Story released coverage yesterday on memos written by former Bush Administration that could be made public. The article by John Byrne states that "The memos track new details about dozens of secret Bush Administration legal positions on torture, detention and warrantless wiretapping."
Propublica, a non-profit investigative news outlet, claims that at least three dozen memos have not been publicly released. These memos chould shed light or condemn the controversies about many of the former administrations policies during office. It would seem that little outside of suspicion is known to the public about what lies on those memo lines.
The memo titles are available, however and include:
"Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to military operations abroad or in U.S."
"Legal standards for intelligence methods" and
"Rolls back narrow definition of tourture".
If they find that the memos had no original classification, there could be a "show down" for rights, as the article perfectly describes. The newly appointed Attorney General Eric Holder openly admits to being gung-ho about the idea of declassifying the information.
“Once the new Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel is confirmed, I plan to instruct that official to review the OLC’s policies relating to publication of its opinions with the [objective] of making its opinions available to the maximum extent consistent with sound practice and competing concerns,” Holder wrote.
With controversial memos from the past being unburied and the overwhelming support of recently appointed President Obama is would seem that now is the coolest time to be a liberal since the civil war. So cool in fact it's reached the popular media of the youngest minorities: MTV. Young Jeezy's newest release "My President is Black" shows how far this support has reached the most unlikely places. For republicans and fence-straddlers, I hope it at least makes you giggle.
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