Supreme Court Strikes Fear, Bush attempting to cover his bases

George Bush, or more likely, some of the band of thieves that infest the White House, realize that should there be a serious inquiry into his mis-administration, there is a lot more out there to be discovered than a blue dress.
From the Village Voice

In June, the Supreme Court ( Hamdan v. Rumsfeld) placed commander in chief Bush and the top of his policy-making chain of command in jeopardy for the treatment of their suspected-terrorist prisoners in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan and elsewhere.

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But quietly, in fear of that ruling, the administration has drafted two changes in the War Crimes Act and in our treaty obligations under the Geneva Conventions to foreclose any prosecutions of the Bush high command. The goal is to get these amendments passed by the Republican-controlled Congress before the midterm elections that could put the Democrats in control of the Senate or otherwise significantly increase their power in Congress as a whole.

Says Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice: "This bill can . . . in effect immunize past crimes. That's why it's so dangerous." As Fidell also told the Associated Press, the intent is "not just protection of [high-level] political appointees but also CIA personnel who led interrogations" including in their secret prisons.

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