Right Thinking From The Left Coast
"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Friday, June 27, 2008

Thugs On Parade
by West Virginia Rebel

Or, how do human cockroaches react when exposed to daylight?

David Addington was there under subpoena. And he wasn’t happy about it.

Could the president ever be justified in breaking the law? “I’m not going to answer a legal opinion on every imaginable set of facts any human being could think of,” Addington growled. Did he consult Congress when interpreting torture laws? “That’s irrelevant,” he barked. Would it be legal to torture a detainee’s child? “I’m not here to render legal advice to your committee,” he snarled. “You do have attorneys of your own.”

He had the grace of Gollum as he quarreled with his questioners.

And then there’s this.

Mr. Nadler asked him whether he would bear some responsibility if the C.I.A. interrogation program, which included the simulation of drowning called waterboarding, was found by a court to be illegal.

“Is that a moral question?” Mr. Addington, now Mr. Cheney’s chief of staff, shot back. “A legal question?”

After more jousting with Mr. Nadler, Mr. Addington replied: “No, I wouldn’t be responsible, is the answer to your question. Legally or morally.”

At least he’s honest about being unaccountable.

Posted by West Virginia Rebel on 06/27/08 at 05:20 PM in Politics, Law, & Economics  • (10) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink • Discuss this in the forums
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