ThinkProgress has a online petition to get Jay Bybee, author of the Bush torture memos and current federal judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, impeached and removed from public office.As then Assistant Attorney General he gave legal cover for known illegal interrogation techniques, created torture manuals with Orwellian euphemisms wrapped in legal fantasy. These sometimes lethal [remember we killed quite a few] Bybee gems of humanity include:
Slam a detainee's head against a wall: "any pain experienced is not of the intensity associated with serious physical injury."These techniques are illegal by U.S. statute and international treaty to which the U.S. is a signatory. Bybee attempted to give legal cover to illegal acts, and thus broke the ethical, professional, and legal standards that should govern lawyers. Impeachment is the only option.
Slap a detainee's face: "The facial slap does not produce pain that is difficult to endure."
Place a detainee into stress positions: "They simply involve forcing the subject to remain in uncomfortable positions."
Waterboard a detainee: "The waterboard...inflicts no pain or actual harm whatsoever."
As Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) put it, "It was not an honest legal memo. It was an instruction manual on how to break the law."
Sure was nice of Bush to gift the known controversial Bybee with a lifetime appointment. I sure trust this guy's interpretation of the laws.
Source: http://thinkprogress.org/impeach-jay-bybee/
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