Three newly-disclosed Justice Department e-mails thoroughly vindicate the most cynical suspicions about how former vice president Dick Cheney bent ostensibly independent Justice Department lawyers to his will and forced them to manufacture legal cover for his torture policies.
The e-mails, which date back to a 2005 re-evaluation of interrogation policies, were written by then-deputy attorney general James Comey. They reveal Cheney's extraordinary influence over then-attorney general Alberto Gonzales and key lieutenants -- including top officials in the department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).
And don't miss, among others, Froomkin's links to Marcy Wheeler and Glenn Greenwald.
I grow ever more convinced that what's really driving the Cheney media offensive is his desire to keep his sorry ass out of jail.
(h/t: Andrew Sullivan)
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But he's said so damn much that can be used against him... I don't know what to think.
Of course I agree, but not everyone does. Lots of people think either torturing Those People is acceptable (or even good), lots more think "Torture is bad, and shouldn't always be used, but this was an emergency." What I think Cheney is trying to do with his media blitz is rally those troops.
I think he's also more than savvy enough to realize that any time prominent member of the far right says anything, the MSM will "discuss" it, which further adds to the fog of plausibility he's trying to lay down, not to mention exhausting people and making them think, "Eh. We can't get bogged down in this whole mess."
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