07w52:3 Bush Admin's 2007 Legal Fictions

Posted December 29th, 2007 by timothy. 0 Comments

Goodreads | 2007 week 52 number 3 (Bush Admin’s 2007 Legal Fictions)

Legal Fictions:
The Bush administration’s dumbest legal arguments of the year.
| Dahlia Lithwick
http://www.slate.com/id/2179934/fr/rss/

Summary, in American MSM reverse order (the article expands on each):

10. The NSA’s eavesdropping was limited in scope
09. Scooter Libby’s sentence was commuted because it was excessive
08. The vice president’s office is not a part of the executive branch
07. The Guantanamo Bay detainees enjoy more legal rights than any prisoners of war in history.
06. Water-boarding may not be torture
05. Everyone who has ever spoken to the president about anything is barred from congressional testimony by executive privilege
04. Nine U.S. attorneys were fired by nobody, but for good reason
03. Alberto Gonzales
02. State secrets
01. The United States does not torture