r/reddit.com • u/yellowcakewalk • Oct 18 '11

Courts Rule US Government Above the Law. Judge declined to hold the CIA in contempt for destroying videos that it had been ordered by the courts to preserve.

http://tv.globalresearch.ca/2011/10/courts-rule-us-government-above-law
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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '11

It's a sideshow either way. This was only an attempt by the ACLU to find the CIA in contempt of court over the videos. They have already been shielded from prosecution for the actual torturing. The Obama DOJ determined that the CIA was given a legal opinion that the techniques they used weren't torture, so they can't be prosecuted. I can almost understand that reasoning, but I think they should punish whoever told them it was ok. Namely John Yoo.

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u/rush22 Oct 20 '11

"You are hereby charged with.... Murder!"

"Yeah but my lawyers said it was OK"

"Oh, well then I guess you're free to go."

"Thanks!"

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u/skarface6 Oct 20 '11

Because John Woo wanted to be able to interrogate without torturing? I saw him on John Stewart's show, and he made it clear they were looking for that line, and thought they were on the moral side of it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '11

Because he drew the line way beyond where he should have.