Attorney General Michael Mukasey has begun a criminal investigation into the Bush Administration’s attempts to destroy evidence of torture and other violations of international and U.S. law in it’s so-called War on Terror. It has been learned that the CIA videotaped its torture of prisoners, but then destroyed the tapes to avoid becoming entangled in legal complications, refusing even to acknowledge their existence when various investigative bodies subpoenaed them, all with the knowledge and approval of the President, Vice-President, and Mr. Mukasey’s predecessor as Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales.
The Bush Administration’s flagrant disregard for international law, for the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the basic standards of human decency on which this country is based may finally becoming under legal scrutiny. David Addington’s memoes to Mr. Cheney supporting the concept of “the unitary Presidency,” under which the White House can choose, at its own discretion, whether to follow the law or not depending on whether IT decides the issue involves national security, cannot be allowed to stand. Such a precedent will undermine the very essence of what it means to be America and lead this country down a path already being blazed by Vladimir Putin. For those Americans who support and embrace torture and who consider the Constitution a nuisance in attacking anyone with whom they disagree, this legal investigation may serve as a well-deserved wake-up call. This isn’t Iran or Russia or China… or Texas. This is the United States of America and we are better than that.
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