05.21.09
Who keeps putting him in front of a microphone?
“Cheney argued that the Bush administration “didn’t invent” the authority exercised in the war against al Qaeda and others. He said it was clearly granted by the Constitution and legislation passed by Congress after the September 11 attacks.” ~Dick Chaney
Maybe I’m jumping to conclusions here, but didn’t the Bush administration propose the legislation that Congress passed after September 11, thus inventing the authority Mr. Chaney is (not surprisingly) washing his hands of? And I may not be much in the criminal justice field anymore, but I really don’t recall any part of the Constitution that says, “Waterboarding prisoners? Sure, what the hell.” Indeed, it seems a little odd that the same document which is cited as providing enough human rights for inmates that they have the luxuries of cable television and playgrounds larger than most New York City schools can also make a provision for mild human torture. Perhaps Mr. Chaney needs to take a Constitution and Ethics class as a little refresher for his increasingly declining memory. Or a morality class where he’ll learn the negative implications of lying to thousands of people.